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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 125

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015

Made

17th March 2015

Coming into force

18th March 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) 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 Schedule(2), a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

2.—(1) The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3(1) (distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2015-2016) for “£2,799,500,000” substitute “£2,788,500,000”.

(3) For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2015-2016), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(4) For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2014-2015), substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

17th March 2015

Article 2(3)

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grantAmount of non-domestic rate income
£m£m
Aberdeen City128.543210.116
Aberdeenshire318.66292.096
Angus174.44030.792
Argyll & Bute175.81427.840
Clackmannanshire81.08615.853
Dumfries & Galloway242.41550.827
Dundee City236.51960.431
East Ayrshire198.27232.850
East Dunbartonshire161.07225.188
East Lothian146.00726.079
East Renfrewshire163.31916.553
Edinburgh (City of)350.662390.862
Eilean Siar93.0207.920
Falkirk220.89462.336
Fife473.574166.642
Glasgow City881.650382.435
Highland328.024127.403
Inverclyde146.19223.642
Midlothian123.32331.822
Moray123.59236.789
North Ayrshire233.34642.931
North Lanarkshire505.186122.426
Orkney Islands60.9849.490
Perth & Kinross190.76259.337
Renfrewshire209.238102.915
Scottish Borders175.05333.707
Shetland Islands69.67316.882
South Ayrshire162.29142.683
South Lanarkshire255.625315.984
Stirling122.25545.400
West Dunbartonshire106.82984.053
West Lothian215.73394.216
Scotland Total7,074.0552,788.500

Article 2(4)

SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£m
Aberdeen City137.000
Aberdeenshire310.390
Angus174.018
Argyll & Bute174.877
Clackmannanshire83.321
Dumfries & Galloway245.386
Dundee City235.185
East Ayrshire196.782
East Dunbartonshire157.388
East Lothian145.644
East Renfrewshire160.788
Edinburgh (City of)386.311
Eilean Siar95.921
Falkirk205.188
Fife480.396
Glasgow City909.250
Highland331.930
Inverclyde145.447
Midlothian123.352
Moray122.085
North Ayrshire229.412
North Lanarkshire508.442
Orkney Islands59.398
Perth & Kinross193.800
Renfrewshire208.008
Scottish Borders175.890
Shetland Islands69.072
South Ayrshire159.766
South Lanarkshire275.489
Stirling133.829
West Dunbartonshire111.863
West Lothian219.549
Scotland Total7,165.177

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Column 2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015.

Article 2(1) amends the distributable amount set out in article 3 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015.

(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.

(2)

Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).