Question reference: S6W-02933
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid by each local authority to arms-length external organisations in each year since 2007.
Answer
Local authorities are independent corporate bodies with their own powers and responsibilities, separate from the Scottish Government. As such, the information requested is not held by the Scottish Government and would have to be obtained directly from individual local authorities or from COSLA.
Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics is an annual publication providing a comprehensive overview of financial activity of Scottish local authorities in 2019-20 based on authorities' audited accounts.