Scottish Local Government Finance 'Green Book' 2022-23

Scottish Local Government Finance Settlement 2022-23: Funding Allocation Formula.

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Settlement: 2022-23

Quantum: 66,639

Category: GAE

Note 1: includes £4.992m transferred from Residual FE Travel & Burseries GAE and £12.429m from merging with Supporting People GAE

Note 2: Population Data: National Records of Scotland (NRS) Mid-Year Estimates 2020. Island population: NRS Mid-Year Estimates 2020 for the three island local authorities and North Ayrshire, a 2020-based best-estimate for Argyle & Bute, and 2011 Census data for Highland. Excludes islands connected to the mainland by a bridge. Includes peninsula communities not connected by road.

Note 3: Mainland/Island Component shares are generally kept constant, but were adjusted in 2022-23 to account for the inclusion of island populations in mainland authorities.

indicators Mainland population Effect 1 (£000s) Island population Effect 2 (£000s) Share GAE (£000s)
Aberdeen City 229,060 2,733 0 0 4% 2,733
Aberdeenshire 260,780 3,112 0 0 5% 3,112
Angus 115,820 1,382 0 0 2% 1,382
Argyll & Bute 71,681 855 13,749 376 2% 1,232
City of Edinburgh 527,620 6,296 0 0 9% 6,296
Clackmannanshire 51,290 612 0 0 1% 612
Dumfries & Galloway 148,290 1,769 0 0 3% 1,769
Dundee City 148,820 1,776 0 0 3% 1,776
East Ayrshire 121,600 1,451 0 0 2% 1,451
East Dunbartonshire 108,750 1,298 0 0 2% 1,298
East Lothian 107,900 1,287 0 0 2% 1,287
East Renfrewshire 96,060 1,146 0 0 2% 1,146
Falkirk 160,560 1,916 0 0 3% 1,916
Fife 374,130 4,464 0 0 7% 4,464
Glasgow City 635,640 7,584 0 0 11% 7,584
Highland 234,853 2,802 577 16 4% 2,818
Inverclyde 77,060 919 0 0 1% 919
Midlothian 93,150 1,111 0 0 2% 1,111
Moray 95,710 1,142 0 0 2% 1,142
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 26,500 725 1% 725
North Ayrshire 128,479 1,533 5,771 158 3% 1,691
North Lanarkshire 341,140 4,070 0 0 6% 4,070
Orkney Islands 0 0 22,400 613 1% 613
Perth & Kinross 151,910 1,813 0 0 3% 1,813
Renfrewshire 179,390 2,140 0 0 3% 2,140
Scottish Borders 115,240 1,375 0 0 2% 1,375
Shetland Islands 0 0 22,870 626 1% 626
South Ayrshire 112,140 1,338 0 0 2% 1,338
South Lanarkshire 320,820 3,828 0 0 6% 3,828
Stirling 94,080 1,123 0 0 2% 1,123
West Dunbartonshire 88,340 1,054 0 0 2% 1,054
West Lothian 183,820 2,193 0 0 3% 2,193
Total 5,374,133 64,124 91,867 2,515 100% 66,639
weights 96.2% 3.8%

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