Question reference: S5W-22713
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 18 April 2019
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 1 May 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a table showing the latest (a) available General Fund Reserve Funds held by each local authority and the equivalent in real terms at the end of the financial year 2006-07 and (b) General Fund Reserve Funds as a percentage of its grant to each local authority and the equivalent figure at the end of the financial year 2006-07.
Answer
Please find the information requested in the following table.
Local Authority | General Fund Reserve | General Fund Reserve | General Fund Reserve | General Fund Reserve |
(£ millions) | (£ millions) | |||
Aberdeen City | 18 | 41 | 5% | 11% |
Aberdeenshire | 21 | 33 | 5% | 7% |
Angus | 20 | 27 | 9% | 13% |
Argyll & Bute | 31 | 50 | 13% | 24% |
Clackmannanshire | 4 | 10 | 4% | 10% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 36 | 50 | 11% | 16% |
Dundee City | 10 | 14 | 3% | 4% |
East Ayrshire | 25 | 40 | 10% | 16% |
East Dunbartonshire | 8 | 17 | 4% | 9% |
East Lothian | 7 | 17 | 4% | 9% |
East Renfrewshire | 9 | 26 | 5% | 14% |
Edinburgh, City of | 23 | 151 | 3% | 19% |
Eilean Siar | 13 | 22 | 9% | 21% |
Falkirk | 22 | 22 | 8% | 8% |
Fife | 12 | 51 | 2% | 8% |
Glasgow City | 14 | 49 | 1% | 4% |
Highland | 37 | 25 | 7% | 5% |
Inverclyde | 21 | 41 | 11% | 24% |
Midlothian | 12 | 11 | 7% | 7% |
Moray | 15 | 19 | 8% | 11% |
North Ayrshire | 13 | 33 | 5% | 11% |
North Lanarkshire | 20 | 45 | 3% | 7% |
Orkney Islands | 20 | 15 | 26% | 20% |
Perth & Kinross | 35 | 51 | 13% | 19% |
Renfrewshire | 25 | 45 | 7% | 14% |
Scottish Borders | 18 | 20 | 8% | 9% |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 48 | 0% | 55% |
South Ayrshire | -1 | 28 | 0% | 13% |
South Lanarkshire | 5 | 71 | 1% | 12% |
Stirling | 8 | 27 | 5% | 15% |
West Dunbartonshire | 4 | 11 | 2% | 6% |
West Lothian | 5 | 24 | 2% | 7% |
All Local Authorities | 511 | 1,135 | 5% | 11% |
Sources: General Fund Reserve figures taken from LFR A0; Total Funding by SG calculated as the sum of funding specified in the RSG Order, NDRI Order, Specific Grants Order and the Capital Circular for the relevant years. | ||||