HC Deb 25 June 1956 vol 555 cc16-7W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure of local authorities in Scotland for the years 1900 to 1955, inclusive, and the amount of Government grants paid in each of those years.

Mr. J. Stuart

The total expenditure of local authorities in Scotland, other than out of loans for capital works, for each of the years 1900–01 to 1954–55, and the amount of Government grants paid in each of those years, is as follows:

£ thousand
Year Total expenditure on revenue account Net expenditure met from Rates and Government grants(a) Amount of Government grants (b)
1900–01 … 12,072 7,191 1,974
1901–02 … 12,472 7,126 2,041
1902–03 … 13,029 7,575 2,109
1903–04 … 13,579 7,987 2,248
1904–05 … 13,972 8,269 2,334
1905–06 … 14,491 8,555 2,357
1906–07 … 15,062 8,891 2,543
1907–08 … 15,758 9,258 2,535
1908–09 … 16,093 9,763 2,579
1909–10 … 16,457 9,974 2,745
1910–11 … 16,872 10,181 2,881
1911–12 … 17,413 10,496 2,944
1912–13 … 18,310 10,906 2,889
1913–14 … 19,054 11,452 2,962
1914–15 … 19,536 11,850 3,076
1915–16 … 20,333 11,602 2,935
1916–17 … 21,042 11,966 3,111
1917–18 … 22,958 12,787 3,427
1918–19 … 26,561 14,907 3,840
1919–20 … 36,666 22,429 7,866
1920–21 … 45,226 28,871 8,077
1921–22 … 47,274 30,409 10,819
1922–23 … 45,356 28,937 10,117
1923–24 … 46,698 30,022 10,677
1924–25 … 48,481 31,492 11,299
1925–26 … 50,219 33,229 11,997
1926–27 … 56,199 37,283 12,651
1927–28 … 53,994 34,580 13,264
1928–29 … 54,682 35,472 13,087
1929–30 … 56,811 36,842 15,914
1930–31 … 57,278 37,840 19,550
1931–32 … 57,963 38,744 19,584
1932–33 … 56,505 37,135 18,641
1933–34 … 57,661 37,813 18,137
1934–35 … 59,956 39,433 18,726
1935–36 … 62,610 41,200 20,801
1936–37 … 64,829 42,277 21,067
1937–38 … 66,309 42,669 21,251
1938–39 … 68,994 44,453 21,823
1939–40 … 74,505 49,329 24,894
1940–41 … 78,637 49,924 26,946
1941–42 … 85,331 54,153 30,598
1942–43 … 84,409 50,949 28,504
1943–44 … 87,000 51,205 27,035
1944–45 … 88,967 51,980 25,277
1945–46 … 95,914 57,561 29,534
1946–47 … 105,233 63,623 32,644
1947–48 … 115,712 71,568 38,291
1948–49 … 107,922 69,085 38,736
1949–50 … 98,851 69,947 38,191
1950–51 (c) … 106,519 73,360 39,119
1951–52 (c) … 119,183 84,764 44,539
1952–53 (c) … 136,595 94,769 48,390
1953–54 (c) … 144,360 101,923 53,765
1954–55 (c) … 156,964 111,799 59,732
(a) Gross expenditure after deduction of miscellaneous receipts, e.g. rents, fees, etc.
(b) Payments in lieu of rates on Government property are regarded as rate income and are not included.
(c) Estimated.