Publication: Local government in Scotland: Financial overview 2016/17

November 28, 2017 by Accounts Commission
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Councils are showing increasing signs of financial stress and face even tougher challenges ahead, says the Accounts Commission.

We have identified an error in the Local Government Financial Overview 2016/17. This relates to how the additional income collected through this year’s council tax reforms flows through to councils. The report has been updated to reflect this and an explanatory letter has been published here.

Main report - PDF 2.1MB

All files

Main report (text only) - RTF 73Kb Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors - PDF 161Kb Supplement 1 - Scrutiny tool for councillors (text only) - RTF 104Kb Supplement 2 - Local Government Pension Scheme 2016/17 - PDF 556Kb Supplement 3 - Housing Revenue Account 2016/17 - PDF 403Kb Supplement 4 - Measures taken by councils to close their funding gaps in 2017/18 - PDF 55Kb News release - PDF 37Kb Podcast - MP3 5.4MB Podcast transcript - RTF 49Kb

 

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Data about councils' finances

Our interactive Tableau visualisation illustrates councils' income, reserves and revenue costs of general fund borrowing.

 

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Trend in council expenditure on main servicesTrend in council expenditure on main services
Measures taken by councils to close their funding gapsMeasures taken by councils to close their funding gaps

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