Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 11 June 2025
11 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Aberdeenshire Council (Budget Settlement 2025-26)
Finance and Local Government
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the impact of its budget settlement for Aberdeenshire Council in 2025-26 on the local authority’s ability to deliver local services. (S6O-04778)
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3. Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)
Con
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the impact of its budget settlement for Aberdeenshire Council in 2025-26 on the local authority’s abil...
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government (Shona Robison)
SNP
The 2025-26 budget provides local government in Scotland with record funding of more than £15.1 billion. As a result of the Scottish budget, Aberdeenshire Co...
Alexander Burnett
Con
Since 2014, the Scottish Government’s budget has increased by 45 per cent in real terms. In stark contrast, local government funding has decreased by about 1...
Shona Robison
SNP
In its reports over the past three years, the Accounts Commission has confirmed that there has been a real-terms funding increase for local government—there ...