Dumfries and Galloway Council is facing its second year of having less money to provide services to the people within our region. With less money available, our services are going to have to change.

What stage is the Budget Development process at?

Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed its budget for 2012/13:

•  DGC Agreed Budget 2012/2013 [155kb]

What saving options were considered?

Services identified ways that they could save money and developed these options for committee. The detailed savings options for each service are published below.

What is the problem?

The United Kingdom Government is cutting back on public spending to help bring the budget for the whole country back into balance. This meant that the grant given to the Scottish Government was reduced.

This means that the money that is given to Scottish Councils was less than previous years.

Your Council still have the lowest Council Tax in mainland Scotland at £1,049 for band D. Your Council Tax has been frozen at that level since 2007/8 and is £100 (8.7%) below the national average of £1,149 for band D

With less money to run local services, your Council had to look at ways to save money across all of its services.

The savings agreed this financial year have bridged a funding gap of of £8.354 million.

Updated: 14 February 2012