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Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 1996-1997
 

General fund services

 
TABLE 3 Revenue account summary 1996-97

£ Thousands

 

Total1 expenditure

Income

Net expenditure financed from grants, non domestic rates, council taxes and balances

Specific2 government grants

Net expenditure financed from revenue support grant, non domestic rates, council taxes and balances

£000

%

 
Education

2,646,150

67,093

2,579,057

39.21

12,712

2,566,345

Libraries, museums and galleries

138,483

9,823

128,660

1.96

5

128,655

Social work

1,289,928

185,837

1,104,091

16.79

23,178

1,080,913

Law, order and protective services

894,403

64,760

829,643

12.61

329,950

499,693

Roads and transport3

716,570

55,065

661,505

10.06

3

661,502

Environmental services

344,790

47,531

297,259

4.52

35

297,224

Planning and economic development

210,827

87,677

123,150

1.87

147

123,003

Leisure and recreation

426,422

55,911

370,511

5.63

55

370,456

Other services4

562,462

100,612

461,850

7.02

68,525

393,325

General fund contributions to housing

28,721

.

28,721

0.44

.

28,721

General fund contributions to trading services

2,396

.

2,396

0.04

.

2,396

Interest on revenue balances

.

9,084

-9,084

-0.14

.

-9,084

 
All services

7,261,152

683,393

6,577,759

100.00

434,610

6,143,149

1 All inter account and inter authority transfers are deducted from expenditure.
2 As defined in Appendix B of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996 and returned by local authorities.
3 Including general fund contributions to transport (LA and non LA).
4 Includes non-HRA housing expenditure and general fund contributions to housing and other services.
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