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Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2008 - 2009

This Booklet has been prepared to give a brief guide to Aberdeenshire Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets for 2008/11 and is intended to be a handy at-a-glance reference to the main financial points.

In December 2007, figures were announced for Revenue Support Grant covering the three years to 2011, a welcome improvement over last year, where figures for only one year were available. This has brought some much-needed stability and predictability for service users in Aberdeenshire. This guide therefore contains provisional figures for 2009 - 2011 as well as the approved budget for 2008/09.

At the same time the Scottish Government removed much of the ring fencing that has restricted the discretion the Council had over how it spent much of its grant income. This was very welcome, but has shown clearly how far Aberdeenshire's grant funding lags behind other councils: 13.4% when measured by grant per head of population.

In common with all other Scottish councils, Aberdeenshire agreed to respond positively to the request by the Scottish Government for no increase in council tax for 2008/09. This is a request that will be considered afresh for 2009/10 and 2010/11. In the meantime the council will engage with the Scottish Government in discussions on proposals for a new local tax system.

More detailed information on the Council and its finances may be obtained from Aberdeenshire Finance, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB16 5GB (Tel. 08456 08 12 07)