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This would increase the resource funding available to the Scottish Government…Funding in the future would be lower in the years when any bonds issues must be repaid in full.
Once capital grants are added to total revenue allocations, the total local government settlement, as it appears in the provisional Finance Circular, increases to £12,538 million, a real-terms increase of £603 million or +5.1% between 2021-22 and 2022-23.
A complex funding formula is used to calculate how much revenue funding each individual local authority receives.
We are also funding the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland to deliver an Education Workforce Support Project, to gain a comprehensive understanding of current practice about how we support the wellbeing of our education workforce.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2025
For example, we could pay more for the carers allowance additional supplement in 2021 because the additional resource was available. Additional flexibilities would allow the Scottish Government to mobilise and deploy funding most effectively and efficiently to support our citizens.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government to what projects or initiatives funding has been committed from the £150 million mental health improvement fund, showing the amount in each case.
I hope that that change will provide the flexibility that is needed to ensure that there is a mixed funding model, which draws on financial support from a range of sources across the public, private and voluntary sectors, and including parental support.