| Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 1996-1997 |
General fund services |
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| 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 |
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£000 |
% |
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| 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. |