The below tables therefore compare the 2024-25 provisional figures with the most recent 2023-24 figures set out in the Finance Circular, in both cash and real terms:
Table 4: comparing revenue allocations, Budget 2024-25 and Outturn 2023-24 (cash terms)2023-24 (£m)2024-25 (£m)Change (£m)Change (%)General Resource Grant8,998.29,914.1+915.9+10%Non Domestic Rate Income3,047.03,068.0+21.0+1%Specific Revenue Grants775.9263.0-512.9-66%Total Revenue12,821.013,245.1+424.1+3%Scottish Government's Local Government Finance Circular 8/2023Table 5: comparing revenue allocations, Budget 2024-25 and Outturn 2023-24 ("real" terms, 2023-24 prices)2023-24 (£m)2024-25 (£m)Change (£m)Change (%)General Resource Grant8,998.29,750.6+752.4+8%Non Domestic Rate Income3,047.03,017.4-29.6-1%Specific Revenue Grants775.9258.6-517.2-67%Total Revenue12,821.013,026.6+205.6+2%Scottish Government's Local Government Finance Circular 8/2023Table 5 still shows a real-terms increase; however, it is much smaller than that seen in the Budget document and in Table 3 of this briefing (above).