Grampian Regional Council

The Council was established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which introduced a two-tier system of local government with nine Regional and 53 District Councils, plus three Island Councils replacing the previous 430 local authorities. From 1975 to 1996 Grampian Regional Council was responsible for the delivery of the major local government services – education, roads and transportation, social work, police, fire, water and sewerage, industrial development, strategic planning – to a population of half-a-million in the North-east of Scotland.

Grampian Regional Council was responsible for:

• The education of around 80,000 children attending more than 300 schools and 15,000 students at five further education colleges.
• The upkeep of 7400 kilometres of public road, 342 kilometres of trunk road and 130 car parks.
• Supplying around 170 megalitres of water daily – equivalent of 380 litres per consumer and maintaining 5100 kilometres of public water mains
• Protective services provided by 1200 police officers, 60 traffic wardens and 300 full-time and 500 part-time fire-fighters.
• Promoting industrial development and providing industrial sites and factory units for lease.
• Drawing up a Structure Plan to prepare for the future development of the area.
• Providing a range of caring services for families, children, elderly, and the handicapped including residential and home care services and dealing with around 12,000 social work cases a year.