Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(3) of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

2022 No.

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2022

Made

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 19921 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that schedule, they have consulted with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate.

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that schedule2, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2022 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2022-20232

1

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 is 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 2022-20233

1

The distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 is £2,766,000,000.

2

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 is 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 2021-20224

1

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 is the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations5

Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20213 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2021-22) are revoked.

NameAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2022-2023

Articles 2 and 3

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non‑domestic rate income

£m

£m

Aberdeen City

122.790

268.557

Aberdeenshire

357.829

138.786

Angus

213.526

26.160

Argyll & Bute

186.812

33.179

Clackmannanshire

91.953

18.065

Dumfries & Galloway

281.880

51.388

Dundee City

303.581

35.496

East Ayrshire

246.282

23.226

East Dunbartonshire

200.718

17.675

East Lothian

175.395

28.686

East Renfrewshire

197.273

9.574

Edinburgh, City of

629.056

249.861

Eilean Siar

95.675

8.149

Falkirk

247.479

80.433

Fife

583.776

179.675

Glasgow City

1,114.114

296.203

Highland

383.594

141.565

Inverclyde

173.505

15.906

Midlothian

163.366

24.895

Moray

135.363

54.575

North Ayrshire

279.246

37.745

North Lanarkshire

610.149

111.737

Orkney Islands

58.903

12.954

Perth & Kinross

251.110

46.141

Renfrewshire

258.085

108.076

Scottish Borders

209.091

35.294

Shetland Islands

46.405

35.322

South Ayrshire

207.802

30.913

South Lanarkshire

233.276

422.591

Stirling

158.754

35.942

West Dunbartonshire

107.578

107.740

West Lothian

292.011

79.491

Scotland Total

8,616.377

2,766.000

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2021-2022

Article 4

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City

178.273

Aberdeenshire

385.024

Angus

215.977

Argyll & Bute

193.142

Clackmannanshire

95.923

Dumfries & Galloway

290.334

Dundee City

310.263

East Ayrshire

247.246

East Dunbartonshire

205.219

East Lothian

178.677

East Renfrewshire

201.583

Edinburgh, City of

662.890

Eilean Siar

97.390

Falkirk

263.133

Fife

615.887

Glasgow City

1,185.570

Highland

412.145

Inverclyde

174.944

Midlothian

166.584

Moray

143.906

North Ayrshire

284.512

North Lanarkshire

629.564

Orkney Islands

67.581

Perth & Kinross

256.725

Renfrewshire

278.795

Scottish Borders

214.017

Shetland Islands

61.795

South Ayrshire

210.787

South Lanarkshire

327.822

Stirling

165.456

West Dunbartonshire

132.023

West Lothian

308.811

Scotland Total

9,161.998

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 2022-2023 (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 2021-2022 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

d

makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 (article 5).