The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 29

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006

Approved by the Scottish Parliament

Made

25th January 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

26th January 2006

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Revenue support grant for 2006–2007

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2006–2007

3.—(1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 is £1,883,769,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.

(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 2005–2006

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2005–2006 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2005–2006 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 2004–2005

5.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2004–2005 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 3.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 in respect of the financial year 2004–2005 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations

6.  Article 2(2) of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, and article 4(2) of, and column 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2005(2) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial years 2005–2006 and 2004–2005) are hereby revoked.

TOM McCABE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th January 2006

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2006–2007

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	£	£
Aberdeen City	183,689,000	75,467,000
Aberdeenshire	231,217,000	86,373,000
Angus	117,973,000	40,269,000
Argyll & Bute	127,144,000	33,826,000
Clackmannanshire	49,830,000	17,894,000
Dumfries & Galloway	173,798,000	54,873,000
Dundee City	174,760,000	52,625,000
East Ayrshire	131,065,000	44,409,000
East Dunbartonshire	99,841,000	39,523,000
East Lothian	91,435,000	33,971,000
East Renfrewshire	94,981,000	33,240,000
City of Edinburgh	390,944,000	168,283,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	81,546,000	9,741,000
Falkirk	151,183,000	54,698,000
Fife	357,210,000	131,534,000
Glasgow City	799,259,000	214,280,000
Highland	277,575,000	78,394,000
Inverclyde	101,317,000	30,576,000
Midlothian	86,442,000	29,530,000
Moray	93,458,000	32,539,000
North Ayrshire	152,098,000	50,455,000
North Lanarkshire	345,887,000	119,735,000
Orkney Islands	48,152,000	7,233,000
Perth & Kinross	136,980,000	51,011,000
Renfrewshire	182,797,000	63,286,000
Scottish Borders	124,490,000	40,532,000
Shetland Islands	67,556,000	8,138,000
South Ayrshire	111,016,000	41,489,000
South Lanarkshire	311,149,000	113,288,000
Stirling	94,242,000	32,038,000
West Dunbartonshire	111,518,000	34,115,000
West Lothian	163,395,000	60,404,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2005–2006

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£
Aberdeen City	183,308,943
Aberdeenshire	218,069,611
Angus	112,907,224
Argyll & Bute	122,923,541
Clackmannanshire	49,561,949
Dumfries & Galloway	171,631,745
Dundee City	176,591,785
East Ayrshire	128,331,568
East Dunbartonshire	98,973,229
East Lothian	88,754,413
East Renfrewshire	89,058,196
City of Edinburgh	392,917,235
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	80,403,621
Falkirk	147,510,363
Fife	349,152,369
Glasgow City	798,902,425
Highland	266,679,640
Inverclyde	100,939,743
Midlothian	85,829,526
Moray	90,912,966
North Ayrshire	150,094,245
North Lanarkshire	337,947,731
Orkney Islands	45,421,585
Perth & Kinross	131,127,911
Renfrewshire	183,121,228
Scottish Borders	119,618,337
Shetland Islands	66,719,817
South Ayrshire	109,481,687
South Lanarkshire	307,476,234
Stirling	93,483,445
West Dunbartonshire	112,686,206
West Lothian	157,363,888

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2004–2005

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£
Aberdeen City	173,072,794
Aberdeenshire	203,201,365
Angus	104,098,275
Argyll & Bute	117,098,607
Clackmannanshire	47,037,142
Dumfries & Galloway	161,237,738
Dundee City	171,410,983
East Ayrshire	123,135,731
East Dunbartonshire	92,934,275
East Lothian	81,576,143
East Renfrewshire	79,326,216
City of Edinburgh	375,236,034
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	77,571,505
Falkirk	137,552,176
Fife	328,081,825
Glasgow City	778,390,149
Highland	254,454,819
Inverclyde	98,620,138
Midlothian	80,499,721
Moray	85,510,413
North Ayrshire	142,931,569
North Lanarkshire	318,281,663
Orkney Islands	43,431,745
Perth & Kinross	122,603,296
Renfrewshire	172,777,483
Scottish Borders	113,021,008
Shetland Islands	64,359,708
South Ayrshire	102,305,748
South Lanarkshire	289,133,020
Stirling	91,666,408
West Dunbartonshire	109,037,151
West Lothian	148,439,677

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order–

(a) determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 (article 2 and Schedule 1);

(b) determines the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in respect of that year (article 3 and Schedule 1);

(c) redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2005–2006 (article 4 and Schedule 2);

(d) redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2004–2005 (article 5 and Schedule 3); and

(e) makes a consequential revocation in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2005 (article 6).

(1)

1992 c. 14. The functions of the Secretary of State as regards Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

S.S.I. 2005/19.