Question reference: S6W-10796
- Date lodged: 1 September 2022
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds regarding the value of each local authority's reserves in real terms in 2022-23, and how this compares with the equivalent value in 2006-07.
Answer
The information regarding the value of each local authority's reserves in real terms in 2022-23, and how this compares with the equivalent value in 2006-07 is set out in the following table.
LOCAL AUTHORITY RESERVES | ||||
2006-07 Real Terms | 2022-23 Real Terms | 2006-23 Change Real Terms | 2006-23 Change Real Terms | |
Local Authority | £m | £m | £m | % |
Aberdeen City | 19.9 | 66.8 | 46.8 | 235.1 |
Aberdeenshire | 23.7 | 76.7 | 52.9 | 223.0 |
Angus | 22.2 | 41.2 | 19.0 | 85.9 |
Argyll & Bute | 33.9 | 73.0 | 39.1 | 115.3 |
Clackmannanshire | 4.3 | 12.9 | 8.5 | 196.9 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 39.5 | 79.8 | 40.3 | 101.9 |
Dundee City | 11.4 | 39.3 | 28.0 | 246.6 |
East Ayrshire | 27.7 | 49.9 | 22.1 | 79.8 |
East Dunbartonshire | 9.2 | 22.7 | 13.4 | 145.1 |
East Lothian | 7.7 | 18.4 | 10.7 | 138.4 |
East Renfrewshire | 9.5 | 45.3 | 35.9 | 379.1 |
Edinburgh, City of | 25.9 | 173.1 | 147.1 | 567.0 |
Eilean Siar | 13.8 | 19.4 | 5.6 | 40.4 |
Falkirk | 24.5 | 37.8 | 13.3 | 54.2 |
Fife | 12.9 | 141.6 | 128.7 | 999.8 |
Glasgow City | 16.0 | 114.7 | 98.7 | 616.2 |
Highland | 40.6 | 57.5 | 17.0 | 41.8 |
Inverclyde | 23.5 | 29.4 | 5.9 | 25.1 |
Midlothian | 13.2 | 11.5 | -1.7 | -12.7 |
Moray | 16.2 | 32.1 | 15.9 | 98.6 |
North Ayrshire | 14.3 | 65.4 | 51.1 | 356.8 |
North Lanarkshire | 21.9 | 123.5 | 101.6 | 463.7 |
Orkney | 22.4 | 28.2 | 5.8 | 26.1 |
Perth & Kinross | 38.8 | 46.1 | 7.3 | 18.9 |
Renfrewshire | 28.1 | 78.4 | 50.3 | 179.4 |
Scottish Borders | 19.5 | 41.0 | 21.5 | 110.5 |
Shetland | 0.0 | 189.5 | 189.5 | N/A |
South Ayrshire | -0.7 | 18.3 | 19.0 | N/A |
South Lanarkshire | 5.2 | 71.1 | 65.9 | 1271.4 |
Stirling | 9.0 | 45.6 | 36.6 | 407.9 |
West Dunbartonshire | 4.2 | 12.6 | 8.4 | 202.3 |
West Lothian | 5.8 | 20.5 | 14.7 | 255.0 |
Scotland | 564.1 | 1883.2 | 1319.1 | 233.9 |
NOTES: | ||||
1. Local Authority General Fund Reserves for 2006-07 and 2022-23 | ||||
2. Source: LFR 00 for final, audited 2006-07 figures; | ||||
POBE 2022 2022-23 budget estimate figures | ||||
3. The Real Terms figures were calculated using the HM Treasury GDP Deflators | ||||
dated 23 March 2022. | ||||