GLASGOW City Council spends more money than the rest of Scotland per head of population cleaning its streets despite the city seeming to be getting dirtier.

A report brought before the council confirmed that in 2017/18 the local authority spent £36,496 per 1000 people on cleaning the city’s streets compared to just £15,452 per 1000 in Scotland as a whole.

In 2012/13 Glasgow was spending £31,000 on street cleaning per 1000 but this dropped to £26,820 by 2016/17.

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During the same four-year period Scotland saw a decrease in the amount of money spend street cleaning per 1000 population from £18,998 to £14,764.

Every year an evaluation for street cleanliness is carried out.

In 2016/17 Glasgow scored 90 points for its street cleanliness but only 87 points in 2017/18.

Scotland scored 93 and 92 points in 2016/17 and 2017/18 respectively.

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At the operational performance and delivery scrutiny committee SNP councillor Elaine Ballantyne pointed out street cleanliness had gone down despite more money being spent to solve the problem.

Ms Ballantyne asked for a full report from Neighbourhoods and Sustainability to be brought before the committee later in the year.

Committee member councillor Aileen McKenzie said she too was concerned at the statistics, which needed to improve.

Ms McKenzie said: “It’s understandable a local authority the size of Glasgow would spend more net on street cleaning than the rest of Scotland.

“What is not understandable and is quite worrying, is the massive spike upwards in spending on street cleaning from 2017 onwards.

“The street cleanliness in that same period [in Glasgow] has dropped dramatically from 90 to 87, whilst the rest of Scotland is sitting at 92 [points].

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“I look forward to a further report from Neighbourhoods and Sustainability at a later date that can give us some more information on this.

“Street cleanliness is one of the top issues constituents get in touch about. It’s concerning to see data like this, and improvement is needed going forward.”

A Glasgow City Council spokeswoman said: “Everyone has a role to play in ensuring Glasgow looks its best. The vast majority of people take great pride in their city and dispose of their litter and waste responsibly.

"Schools, community groups and our amazing Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteers organise and take part in community clean-ups with support from the council. Cleansing staff work hard every day to keep our streets clean, but unfortunately, it can be an uphill battle, as some thoughtless people continue to treat our environment with disdain - littering and fly-tipping indiscriminately.

"If people didn’t commit this type of antisocial behaviour we wouldn’t have to spend so much public money cleaning up after them.”