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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 65

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007

Made

17th January 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

18th January 2007

Coming into force

8th February 2007

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 2007 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 2007–2008

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2007–2008 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 2007–2008 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 2007–2008

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 2007–2008 is £1,859,727,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2007–2008 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 2007–2008 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 2006–2007

4.—(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 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 2006–2007 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 2005–2006

5.—(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 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 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.

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 2006(2) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial years 2006–2007 and 2005–2006) are hereby revoked.

TOM McCABE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

17th January 2007

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2007–2008

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grantAmount of non-domestic rate income
££
Aberdeen City194,191,00073,870,000
Aberdeenshire246,015,00085,941,000
Angus125,918,00039,850,000
Argyll & Bute136,576,00033,170,000
Clackmannanshire53,274,00017,751,000
Dumfries & Galloway183,935,00054,148,000
Dundee City183,706,00051,896,000
East Ayrshire139,109,00043,584,000
East Dunbartonshire106,033,00038,678,000
East Lothian97,940,00033,509,000
East Renfrewshire104,000,00032,706,000
City of Edinburgh414,666,000167,119,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar84,578,0009,626,000
Falkirk161,126,00054,443,000
Fife384,084,000130,219,000
Glasgow City838,853,000211,273,000
Highland293,624,00077,966,000
Inverclyde107,193,00029,979,000
Midlothian92,280,00028,906,000
Moray99,567,00032,166,000
North Ayrshire161,898,00049,581,000
North Lanarkshire374,693,000118,056,000
Orkney Islands50,389,0007,151,000
Perth & Kinross146,897,00050,519,000
Renfrewshire199,639,00062,054,000
Scottish Borders132,962,00040,054,000
Shetland Islands70,464,0008,031,000
South Ayrshire118,516,00040,802,000
South Lanarkshire331,092,000111,800,000
Stirling100,377,00031,732,000
West Dunbartonshire117,755,00033,363,000
West Lothian173,866,00059,784,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2006–2007

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£
Aberdeen City187,325,471
Aberdeenshire233,163,160
Angus119,683,884
Argyll & Bute130,510,023
Clackmannanshire51,512,390
Dumfries & Galloway179,991,393
Dundee City179,703,385
East Ayrshire134,159,831
East Dunbartonshire100,910,118
East Lothian93,759,672
East Renfrewshire97,913,990
City of Edinburgh397,727,041
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar83,002,633
Falkirk153,632,947
Fife362,639,513
Glasgow City816,234,378
Highland279,694,552
Inverclyde104,576,079
Midlothian88,277,145
Moray94,326,842
North Ayrshire155,625,735
North Lanarkshire355,783,387
Orkney Islands48,956,420
Perth & Kinross138,366,855
Renfrewshire190,413,287
Scottish Borders125,493,226
Shetland Islands68,488,060
South Ayrshire112,867,905
South Lanarkshire316,127,409
Stirling95,341,405
West Dunbartonshire114,925,896
West Lothian166,070,492

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2005–2006

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£
Aberdeen City183,308,943
Aberdeenshire216,369,611
Angus112,907,224
Argyll & Bute122,923,541
Clackmannanshire49,561,949
Dumfries & Galloway171,631,745
Dundee City176,591,785
East Ayrshire128,331,568
East Dunbartonshire98,973,229
East Lothian88,754,413
East Renfrewshire88,728,196
City of Edinburgh392,917,235
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar80,403,621
Falkirk147,510,363
Fife349,152,369
Glasgow City799,820,425
Highland266,679,640
Inverclyde100,939,743
Midlothian85,829,526
Moray90,912,966
North Ayrshire150,094,245
North Lanarkshire337,947,731
Orkney Islands45,421,585
Perth & Kinross131,127,911
Renfrewshire183,121,228
Scottish Borders119,618,337
Shetland Islands66,719,817
South Ayrshire109,481,687
South Lanarkshire307,406,234
Stirling93,483,445
West Dunbartonshire112,686,206
West Lothian157,363,888

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 2007–2008 (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 2006–2007 (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 2005–2006 (article 5 and Schedule 3); and

(e)makes a consequential revocation in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006 (article 6).

(1)

1992 c. 14. The functions of the Secretary of State 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.