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Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 1996-1997
 

Outturn of expenditure and income

 
TABLE 1 Summary of revenue expenditure and income 1996-97

£ Thousands

 

General fund1 services

Housing

Trading services

Special2 funds

 
Expenditure
  Employee costs

3,662,384

115,493

16,119

408

Operating expenses3

2,705,996

1,355,701

59,817

575,369

Loan charges

656,547

475,507

6,561

12

Revenue contributions to capital

67,337

23,387

10,636

2,687

General fund contributions to housing and trading services4

31,117

.

13,900

.

Support service costs

314,200

47,180

1,421

585

Other

.

.

-

132,176

Adjustment for inter account and inter authority transfers5

-176,429

-16,584

-33,655

-1,693

 
Total expenditure

7,261,152

2,000,684

74,799

709,544

 
Income
  Non-domestic rates

1,312,539

.

.

.

Council tax

968,153

.

.

.

Government grant: RSG6

3,649,694

.

.

.

  Non-domestic rate rebate grants7

496

.

.

.

Community charge grant

.

.

.

.

Council Tax rebate grants8

226,132

.

.

.

Other grants and subsidies

486,5479

856,438

-

56

Sales

38,829

171

9,093

160

Fees and charges incl. rents

395,409

1,095,193

49,144

3,840

Contributions from general fund

.

28,721

16,804

84,93610

Other income

197,218

36,622

4,959

1,440,226

Increase on revenue balances

.

-42,566

.

.

 
Total income

7,275,017

1,974,579

80,000

1,529,218

 
Changes in revenue balances (income minus expenditure)

13,865

-26,105

5,201

819,674

1 Includes non-housing revenue account housing expenditure and general fund contributions to housing and other services.
2 Including superannuation and common good funds.
3 Including transfer payments.
4 Excluding contributions to transport undertakings which are included as operating expenses on the Roads and Transport Account (see table 5). Including reserve fund contributions in respect of trading services.
5 All inter account and inter authority transactions are deducted from expenditure.
6 Re-determined as per Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997.
7 Includes Disabled Persons Rebates £440k,Enterprise Zones Rebates £56k.
8 Council tax rebates paid by DSS.
9 As defined in Appendix B of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996 and as returned by local authorities.
10 Includes transfers from trading revenue accounts.

Figures 1 & 2

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