Question reference: S6W-04281
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its capital allocation has been to North Ayrshire Council in real terms in each year since 1999-2000, up to and including 2021-22.
Answer
The total capital grant funding provided by the Scottish Government to North Ayrshire Council, in real terms, since 2008-09 is set out in the following table. Prior to 2008-09 the Scottish Government supported local authorities’ capital funding programmes through a combination of loan charge support for historic debt, supported borrowing allocations and a range of separate capital grants outwith the annual local government finance settlement (the details of which are not held centrally).
The capital funding for local authorities changed fundamentally with effect from 1 April 2008 with these individual capital grants being incorporated into the annual local government finance settlement. It should also be noted that funding for Police and Fire transferred out of the local government finance settlement with effect from 1 April 2013. As a result the years prior to 2013-14 are not comparable to the years after 2013-14.
The real terms figures were calculated using the October 2021 HM Treasury GDP deflators.
Year | Cash | Real terms |
£m | £m | |
2008-09 | 17.071 | 21.863 |
2009-10 | 17.445 | 21.996 |
2010-11 | 13.472 | 16.708 |
2011-12 | 12.193 | 14.897 |
2012-13 | 9.578 | 11.471 |
2013-14 | 9.739 | 11.402 |
2014-15 | 14.076 | 16.292 |
2015-16 | 16.190 | 18.624 |
2016-17 | 12.108 | 13.623 |
2017-18 | 32.387 | 35.824 |
2018-19* | 1.894 | 2.055 |
2019-20 | 26.160 | 27.717 |
2020-21 | 32.339 | 32.121 |
2021-22* | 0.609 | 0.609 |
* North Ayrshire Council's reduced allocations were due to slippage in the Flood Prevention Scheme projects (Millport Coastal and Upper Garnock). Capital funding provided in advance was adjusted to reflect the latest financial forecasts provided by the council.