Local government finance: facts and figures 2013-14 to 2019-20

Author: Ailsa Burn-Murdoch and Andrew Aiton

PDF Published: Tuesday 02 Jul 2019 (SB 19-45)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The local government settlement
  - Real terms change
    
    Local government and Scottish Government comparison
  - Share of the Scottish Government Budget
  - Ring-fenced funds
  - Local Government settlement per head
    
    Funding change vs population change
    
    Per head funding as a % of the Scottish average
- Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates
  - Council Tax and NDR income levels
  - Council Tax income post-reform
- Annex: Data
  - Table 1 - Local Government funding from Scottish Government (real terms, 2019-20 prices) - annual change
  - Table 2 - Local Government funding from Scottish Government (cash terms) and percentage share
  - Table 3 - Local Government funding from Scottish Government (real terms, 2019-20 prices) and percentage share
  - Table 4 - Local government, % of funds ringfenced, 2013-14 and 2019-20
  - Table 5 - Local government funding per head; changes 2013-14 to 2019-20, real terms (2019-20 prices)
  - Table 6 - Council Tax income and Non-Domestic Rates income
  - Table 7 - Council Tax, NDRI and Scottish Government Grant funding for local government, 2019-20, cash
  - Table 8 - Changes to Council Tax revenue, 2016-17 to 2019-20
- Abbreviations and Glossary
  - Local Government Glossary
- Related Briefings
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The local government settlement
- Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates
- Annex: Data
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- Related Briefings
Related Briefings
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Image: Figure 1 - Annual real terms change, outturn and Local Government Finance Order, 2013-14 to 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 2 - Revenue budgets, Multi-annual real terms change, real terms (2019-20) …

Image: Figure 3 - Local government as a percentage of Scottish Government Budget, outturn only …

Image: Figure 4 - Ring-fenced funds as a proportion of Total Revenue settlement, 2013-14 and 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 4 - Local government funding per head, real terms change 2013-14 to 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 5 - Funding change vs population change, 2013-14 to 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 6 - local government funding per head, % of the Scottish average, percentage point change from 2013-14 to 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 7 - Council Tax, NDRI and revenue grant funding allocations as a proportion of total funding, 2019-20 …

Image: Figure 8 - Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates income (£m, cash) …

Image: Figure 9 - Impact of Council Tax reform on Gross Council Tax revenue between 2016-17 and 2019-20, cash terms. …

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