Question reference: S3W-04106
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2007
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much local authority (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure was in the West of Scotland parliamentary region in each of the last two years, broken down by single transferable vote ward.
Answer
The informationrequested is only collected at council level. The West of Scotland regionalconstituency does not match an exact aggregation of whole council areas.
The following tablecontains 2004-05 and 2005-06 revenue and capital expenditure for each of thelocal authorities covered by the constituency. Councils which are only partlycovered by the constituency are noted by an asterisk.
LocalAuthority Expenditure of Local Authorities Covered Wholly or Partly* by West ofScotland Regional Constituency
| Local Authority | Net Revenue Expenditure 1 | Gross Capital Expenditure | ||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| Argyll and Bute* | 197,401 | 220,834 | 32,673 | 37,719 |
| East Dunbartonshire* | 186,049 | 205,050 | 13,990 | 19,043 |
| East Renfrewshire | 165,397 | 179,479 | 15,691 | 21,045 |
| Inverclyde | 174,868 | 199,085 | 14,789 | 21,792 |
| North Ayrshire* | 245,404 | 292,333 | 24,753 | 46,371 |
| Renfrewshire* | 309,942 | 349,563 | 37,161 | 50,581 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 194,726 | 203,470 | 31,561 | 33,945 |
Sources: Councilscovered wholly or partly* by West of Scotland regional constituency. Capital -CR FINAL returns.
Note: 1.Expenditure on police, fire, registration of electors and council tax andnon-domestic lands valuation is apportioned to councils using the amount thatthe joint boards requisition from them.