Cost of Service Comparison

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Renfrewshire Council's trading standards service was the eleventh most cost-efficient in Scotland in 2006-07. For Scottish local authorities, the average cost was £5.27 for each of their residents, while in Renfrewshire we were 12% more efficient at £4.64 per resident.

The table below shows the population and net expenditure of each Scottish local authority's trading standards service. It shows the ranking of each authority, with the most cost-effective ranked as number one.

*TS = Trading Standards

Ranking	Authority	Population	Net TS expenditure. (£000)	TS cost per population
1	Glasgow	578,800	1,345	£2.57
2	Falkirk	149,200	214	£3.04
3	Clackmananshire	48,600	108	£3.30
4	West Lothian	163,800	414	£3.44
5	Aberdeenshire	235,400	671	£3.73
6	Perth and Kinross	138,400	357	£3.84
7	East Dunbartonshire	106,000	380	£4.14
8	Stirling	86,900	320	£4.24
9	West Dunbartonshire	91,400	300	£4.36
10	Highland	213,600	894	£4.45
11	Renfrewshire	170,000	529	£4.64
12	East Renfrewshire	89,600	320	£4.85
13	South Lanarkshire	306,300	1,138	£4.87
14	Dundee	142,200	438	£4.92
15	Scottish Borders	109,700	421	£4.98
16	North Ayrshire	135,800	425	£5.04
17	East Ayrshire	119,400	431	£5.20
18	Aberdeen	202,400	747	£5.46
19	Angus	109,200	497	£5.78
20	Dumfries and Galloway	148,300	562	£5.83
21	Moray	88,100	401	£7.14
22	North Lanarkshire	323,400	1,423	£7.17
23	South Ayrshire	111,800	702	£7.30
24	Argyll and Bute	90,900	456	£7.60
25	Orkney	19,600	113	£8.88
26	Shetland	22,000	144	£10.18
27	East Lothian	-	-	-
28	Edinburgh	-	-	-
29	Fife	-	-	-
30	Inverclyde	-	-	-
31	Midlothian	-	-	-
32	Eilean Siar	-	-	-
	AVERAGE:			£5.27

• This table is sorted by each authority's cost per member of population.
• Authorities in position 27 to 32 did not submit their figures in time to be included.
  

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