The social impact of the 2017-18 local government budget | Scottish Parliament

The social impact of the 2017-18 local government budget

Author: Maria Gannon, Ailsa Burn-Murdoch, Andrew Aiton, Nick Bailey, Glen Bramley, Allan Campbell, Kayleigh Finnigan, Laura Gilman, Annette Hastings

PDF Published: Tuesday 05 Dec 2017 (SB 17-83)

Image: Figure 4 - Multi-annual real terms change - local government revenue budget

Image: Figure 5 – Classification of services – examples

Image: Figure 6 - Scottish local government expenditure on Pro-Rich and Pro-Poor services

Image: Figure 7 - Expenditure on service type, by levels of deprivation

Image: Figure 8 - Change in expenditure by deprivation, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Image: Figure 9 – Expenditure on service type by population density

Image: Figure 10 - Change in expenditure by density group, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Image: Figure 11 - Expenditure on service type, by population size

Image: Figure 12 - Change in expenditure by population size, 2016-17 to 2017-18

Image: Figure 13 – Scottish Local Government savings – proportion of savings from each service type

Image: Figure 14 - Savings by service type and deprivation group

Image: Figure 15 – Change in savings by deprivation group, 2016-17 to 2017-18

Image: Figure 16 - Savings by service type and population density

Image: Figure 17 - Change in savings by density group, 2016-17 10 2017-18

Image: Figure 18 - Savings by service type and population size

Image: Figure 19 - Change in savings by population size, 2016-17 10 2017-18

Image: Figure 20 - Scotland savings by service type, as a percentage of expenditure

Image: Figure 21 - Savings as a share of expenditure, by deprivation group

Image: Figure 22: Change in savings by expenditure and deprivation group, 2016-17 to 2017-18

Image: Figure 23 - Savings as a share of expenditure, by population density group

Image: Figure 24 - Change in savings by expenditure and population density, 2016/17 to 2017/18

Image: Figure 25 – Savings as a share of expenditure, by population size group

Image: Figure 26 - Change in savings by expenditure and population size, 2016-17 to 2017-18

Image: Figure 27 – Savings as a share of expenditure, by budget pressure group

Image: Figure 28: Percentage increase in Council Tax income by local authority (most to least deprived)

Image: Figure 29: Percentage of dwellings in Band E-H by Local Authority (least to most deprived)

Image: Figure 30: Change in Council Tax Revenue as a percentage of Total Estimated Expenditure by local authority (least to most deprived)

Image: Figure 1 – Scotland expenditure

Note: This represents 30 of 32 local authorities. West Dunbartonshire Council are using reserves to balance their 2017-18 budget, so no savings plan has been included in the analysis for this local authority. The available data for Shetland council was of insufficient detail to perform the analysis for inclusion in this briefing.

Image: Figure 2 – Scotland savings

Image: Figure 3 – Scotland savings as a percentage of expenditure

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