Local Government Finance: Budget 2022-23 and provisional allocations to local authorities

Author: Greig Liddell

PDF 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
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Image: Chart 1: core revenue funding and changes over the year (real terms, 2022-23 prices)

total revenue allocation for each year between 2018-19 and 2022-23 in Finance Circulars (real-terms)

Image: Chart 2: total revenue allocations in Finance Circulars (real-terms, 2022-23 prices)

Image: Chart 3: Total provisional Finance Circular settlements plus annual changes (real terms, 22-23 prices)

Chart 4: Specific Resource Grants as a percentage of total revenue

Image: Chart 4: Specific Resource Grants as a % of total revenue allocations

Chart 5: combined Specific Revenue Grants and revenue from other portfolios, as % of total revenue allocations

Image: Chart 5: combined Specific Resource Grants and revenue from other portfolios, as % of total revenue allocations

Image: Chart 6: Total capital allocations in real-terms (2022-23 prices)

Revenue allocations for each local authority 2022-23 showing Glasgow and Edinburgh with the highest allocations

Image: Chart 7: Provisional revenue allocations for each local authority 2022-23

Image: Chart 8: Cash changes to revenue allocations 2021-22 to 2022-23 (%)

Image: Chart 9 Real terms changes to revenue allocations 2021-22 to 2022-23 (%)

Figure X: provisional revenue allocations for each local authority 2022-23

Image: Chart 10: Provisional revenue allocations, per head, for each local authority 2022-23

Image: Chart 11: Revenue allocation per head as a % of the Scottish average (Scotland=100%)

Image: Chart 12: total capital allocations to individual local authorities

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