Using the LGBF
Overall Trends
Children's
Services
Adult Social
Care
Culture & Leisure
Services
Environmental
Services
Corporate
Services
Housing
Services
Economic
Development
Total revenue funding for councils has fallen between 2010/11 - 2016/17
↓7.6 %
(in real terms)
£10.5bn
£9.7bn
Some services have been
relatively protected
Education
Child
Protection
Adult Social Care
Some services have taken more substantial reductions
Culture &
Leisure
▼
-17%
Planning
▼
-33%
Roads
▼
-20%
During this time councils have achieved substantial improvements in
efficiency
innovation
productivity
while service output and outcomes have been largely maintained and improved
However
Full impact of service funding reduction may take time to work through system
Reserves have been used to sustain funding levels
Pressure on budgets from relaxation of Public Sector pay policy
Despite reductions in the education budget, provision has increased
↓3.8 %
(since
2010/11)
£4.4bn
£4.2bn
Primary
&
Pre-school
places
30,000
Scottish average tariff score has improved
↑15.1 %
(since 2011/12)
Pupils from the most deprived areas have fastest rate of improvement
30.5 %
(since 2011/12)
% pupils achieving 5+ passes has improved
↑17.6 %
↑30.8 %
↑41.4%
↑60.0 %
Looked After Children
Reducing the Number of Emergency Placements - Aberdeenshire Council
Improving Attainment for Looked After Pupils - Inverclyde Council
Preparation for Positive Destinations through Activity Agreement Programmes - North Ayrshire Council
SDS Coaching - Preparation for Positive Destinations - North Lanarkshire Council
Kinship Care: Promoting Permanency Through Uptake of Residence Orders - Falkirk Council
Improvement in Achieving Permanency - Shetland Islands Council
Using Bank Staff for Preventative Work - Argyll & Bute Council
Positive Destinations
Coordinated Public Sector Provision - Dumfries & Galloway Council
Data Driven Approach - East Renfrewshire Council
Think Local - Glasgow City Council
Lose No One - Inverclyde Council
Employer Input in Schools - The Moray Council
16+ Coordinators - North Ayrshire Council
Risk Matrix to Identify Children At Risk - West Dunbartonshire Council
Spending on Adult Social Care has grown since 2010/11
£2.99bn
↑6.3 %
£2.8bn
But not at level necessary for demographic change
2-3 %
(per
annum)
Significant element of any future spending increase will have to meet living wage commitments
More older people are being supported to live safely and independently in their own homes
Percentage of people with intensive needs now receiving care at home
32.2 %
2010/11
35.3 %
2016/17
There has been a relative decline in residental places
↓1.2 %
Growth in the number of home care hours provided
↑9%
People have more choice and control over how their support is delivered
Direct payments and personalised managed budgets have grown steadily across period
1.6 % of total social work spend
4.7 % of total social work spend
Despite a reduction in spend, use of Culture and Leisure services has increased
£489m
↓17 %
(since
2010/11)
£406m
Visitors
Reduction in expenditure and increase in visitor numbers
Sports
£
↓11.7 %
↑19.1 %
Libraries
£
↓22.1 %
↑47.4 %
Museums
£
↓8.2 %
↑33.1 %
Public satisfaction rates for sports, library and museum facilities are all above 70% though have fallen since 2010/11
Sports
↓1.6 %
74.6 %
73 %
Libraries
↓10.5 %
83.5 %
73 %
Museums
↓5.5 %
75.5 %
70 %
Libraries
Co-location of Library Services into Foundry - East Renfrewshire Council
Walk ON Programme - Reading and Physical Activity - Fife Council
Raising Attainment for Children and Families - Inverclyde Council
Service Transformation - Channel Shift and Partnership Working - West Lothian Council
The Opportunities Project - Dundee City Council
Parks and Open Spaces
Income Improvement Project - The Highland Council / HIgh Life Highland
Proactive Approach to Funding - Private Funding Streams - Shetland Islands Council
Partnership with Independent and Community Members - West Lothian Council
Sports
In contrast, public satisfaction rates for parks and open spaces have increased, though funding has reduced
Funding
22 %
87 %
83.1 %
↑3.9 %
Environmental services have faced significant budget pressures
Real spend
↓8.6 %
(since 2010/11)
Street Cleaning
↓30 %
Roads
↓19.9 %
Trading Standards & environmental health
↓16.7 %
Waste
management
↓1.4 %
Street Cleanliness
Roads
Despite spending pressures
Recycling rates continue to improve
45.2 %
40.1 %
Roads conditions have been
maintained and
improved
Some areas of Environmental Services are facing increasing challenges
Street cleanliness
score
↓ 95 % to 94 %
Satisfaction with refuse
↓ 81 % to 79 %
Satisfaction with cleansing
↓ 73 % to 70 %
Council corporate and support costs
5% of total gross revenue spend for local government across Scotland
Council Tax collection
Cost of collecting
per dwelling
↓41 %
(since
2010/11)
£ 15
£ 9
▼
Collection rate improvement
95.8 %
2016/17
94.7 %
2010/11
Sickness absence days
Teaching staff
6.6 days
2010/11
↓8.2 %
6.1 days
2016/17
Non-teaching staff
↑1.1 %
10.8 days
2010/11
10.9 days
2016/17
Council Tax
Risk Based Verification - Angus Council
Debt Analysis or Hard Arrears Team - Fife Council
Texting Services - Fife Council
Text Reminders for Appointments - Fife Council
Redirecting Services to Post Offices and PayPoints - The Moray Council
E-Billing Project - North Ayrshire Council
Sheriff Officer Approach: Improving Collection Rate - Glasgow City Council
Equalities
Human Resources
Support Services
Councils continue to manage their housing stock well
Rent lost due to voids has reduced
1.3 %
(2010/11)
to
0.9 %
(2016/17)
Average repair time has reduced
↓14.2 %
10.2 days to 8.7 days
Improvements in housing and energy efficiency standards
Council dwellings meeting SHQS standards increased
54 %
to
94 %
Council dwellings that are energy efficient increased
75 %
to
97 %
Increased financial challenges facing housing residents and councils
Tenant rent arrears have increased
5.6 %
(2013/14)
to
6.5 %
(2016/17)
% of unemployed people assisted into work has increased
Council funded/operated employability programmes
9.1 %
(2012/13)
14 %
(2016/17)
to
Small reduction in last 12 months
14.2 % to 14.0 %
Business Gateway
Start-up rate has reduced
19 % to 16.6 %
across the period
Employability
Economic Development
Procurement spend
Council spend on local small/medium enterprises
20 %
Small reduction since 2010/11
21.2 % to 20.3 %
Planning Services spend
Real spend has reduced since 2010/11 by
33.4 %
While
Time taken to process planning applications has reduced
↓28.1 %
(since 2012/13)
from 13 weeks
to 9.3 weeks
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