Friday 5 April
Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth has welcomed new figures released by the Scottish Government which show that, in Fife, 29,590 households were supported through the council tax reduction scheme in December 2023.
The council tax reduction scheme, which the SNP introduced in 2013, has saved Scottish households over £3.5 billion in the past decade with the average home seeing £800 come off their bills per year.
Across Scotland one in five households, over 460,000, receive council tax reduction support. This is in addition to every household in Scotland being supported through the SNP Government’s fully funded council tax freeze.
Commenting, Jenny Gilruth MSP said:
“Supporting people through the cost of living crisis in the SNP Government’s top priority – and these figures show that the council tax reduction scheme is helping people in Fife.
“29,590 households in Fife are being supported by this scheme. This is on top of every single home in Fife benefitting from having their council tax frozen in the next year.
“In the face of the cost-of-living crisis, the Scottish Government are delivering the support people need to get through the cost of living crisis and protect household budgets.”
ENDS
Notes for editors:
| Local Authority area | Number of households supported by the Council Tax Reduction scheme in December 2023 | |
| Total | 460,830 | |
| Aberdeen City | 14,310 | |
| Aberdeenshire | 11,710 | |
| Angus | 8,200 | |
| Argyll and Bute | 6,580 | |
| Clackmannanshire | 5,170 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 13,470 | |
| Dundee City | 17,050 | |
| East Ayrshire | 12,670 | |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5,290 | |
| East Lothian | 6,660 | |
| East Renfrewshire | 4,470 | |
| Edinburgh, City of | 31,050 | |
| Falkirk | 13,320 | |
| Fife | 29,590 | |
| Glasgow City | 84,290 | |
| Highland | 16,140 | |
| Inverclyde | 9,340 | |
| Midlothian | 5,890 | |
| Moray | 5,300 | |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1,850 | |
| North Ayrshire | 17,080 | |
| North Lanarkshire | 34,790 | |
| Orkney Islands | 1,290 | |
| Perth and Kinross | 8,820 | |
| Renfrewshire | 16,370 | |
| Scottish Borders | 7,810 | |
| Shetland Islands | 1,070 | |
| South Ayrshire | 9,850 | |
| South Lanarkshire | 30,890 | |
| Stirling | 5,450 | |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10,630 | |
| West Lothian | 14,430 | |
