The Local Government Finance (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 187

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020

Made

24th June 2020

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of schedule 12 of 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 (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020

2.—(1) The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020(3) is amended as follows.

(2) For schedule 1 substitute—

Articles 2 and 3

“SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2020-2021

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant	Amount of non‑domestic rate income
	£m	£m
Aberdeen City	179.078	164.415
Aberdeenshire	360.169	80.112
Angus	195.142	17.768
Argyll & Bute	178.194	23.284
Clackmannanshire	87.954	10.757
Dumfries & Galloway	262.971	35.659
Dundee City	271.867	32.888
East Ayrshire	220.935	17.651
East Dunbartonshire	179.785	15.238
East Lothian	162.241	18.274
East Renfrewshire	178.164	9.961
Edinburgh, City of	522.928	238.922
Eilean Siar	91.717	5.562
Falkirk	246.424	46.281
Fife	561.068	111.709
Glasgow City	1,038.423	238.445
Highland	381.701	92.297
Inverclyde	157.048	13.118
Midlothian	148.414	19.587
Moray	136.847	29.008
North Ayrshire	259.363	25.017
North Lanarkshire	571.301	71.360
Orkney Islands	64.742	7.019
Perth & Kinross	224.312	37.876
Renfrewshire	250.147	73.841
Scottish Borders	192.217	23.388
Shetland Islands	66.322	17.182
South Ayrshire	181.840	28.601
South Lanarkshire	359.608	226.179
Stirling	146.090	28.626
West Dunbartonshire	138.736	55.963
West Lothian	280.048	52.042
Scotland Total	8,295.796	1,868.030”

BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th June 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020, which determines the amount of revenue support grant payable (column 2) to each local authority in Scotland (column 1), in respect of the financial year 2020-2021. Although a new schedule is substituted, no changes are made in relation to the amounts of non-domestic rate income distributed (column 3).

(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 in paragraph 2(1) of schedule 12 was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

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

(3)

S.S.I. 2020/102.