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Publication - Statistics

The Funding of Local Government in Scotland, 2026-2027

Published
27 February 2026
From
Chief Statistician, +1 more … Director of Local Government and Housing
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate, +1 more … Public Spending Directorate
Topic
Economy, Money and tax, Public sector, +1 more … Scottish Budget

Overview of the calculation of funding for local government, 2026-27.

Part of

Supporting documents

Who will receive extra support from the Floor in 2026-27?

This chart shows what each council’s change in allocation would have been, and what it is after we had set the Floor.

Bar chart showing councils’ allocations before and after the Floor (see accompanying tables).

No council actually received worse than a 1% decrease due to the formula. But when we calculate the percentage change between this year and last year, we also include last year’s Floor payments. This means that there would be these large reductions if we didn’t have a Floor this year. 

So the Floor is not just protecting against changes due to the funding formula, but is also protecting allocations that have historically been higher than the funding formula currently gives.

Contact

Email: gaestatistics@gov.scot 

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