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Local Government Finance: Budget 2022-23 and provisional allocations to local authorities
Author: Greig Liddell
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Published: Wednesday 05 Jan 2022 (SB 22-01)
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Executive Summary
Understanding the Scottish Budget
Changes to the overall local government settlement
Changes to “core” revenue funding
Changes to total revenue in Finance Circular
Changes to total funding in Finance Circular
Are in-year transfers "ring-fenced"?
Ring fencing as a proportion of total resource allocation
COSLA's response and Scottish Government reaction
Multi-year allocations, but just not yet...
Capital
Council Tax
Allocations to individual local authorities
Changes in revenue allocations - cash and real
Revenue allocations per head
Revenue per head as a % of Scottish average
Provisional capital allocations
Executive Summary
Understanding the Scottish Budget
Changes to the overall local government settlement
Are in-year transfers "ring-fenced"?
COSLA's response and Scottish Government reaction
Multi-year allocations, but just not yet...
Capital
Council Tax
Allocations to individual local authorities
Sources
Image: Chart 1: core revenue funding and changes over the year (real terms, 2022-23 prices)
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Image: Chart 2: total revenue allocations in Finance Circulars (real-terms, 2022-23 prices)
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Image: Chart 3: Total provisional Finance Circular settlements plus annual changes (real terms, 22-23 prices)
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Image: Chart 4: Specific Resource Grants as a % of total revenue allocations
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Image: Chart 5: combined Specific Resource Grants and revenue from other portfolios, as % of total revenue allocations
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Image: Chart 6: Total capital allocations in real-terms (2022-23 prices)
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Image: Chart 7: Provisional revenue allocations for each local authority 2022-23
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Image: Chart 8: Cash changes to revenue allocations 2021-22 to 2022-23 (%)
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Image: Chart 9 Real terms changes to revenue allocations 2021-22 to 2022-23 (%)
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Image: Chart 10: Provisional revenue allocations, per head, for each local authority 2022-23
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Image: Chart 11: Revenue allocation per head as a % of the Scottish average (Scotland=100%)
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Image: Chart 12: total capital allocations to individual local authorities
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