2000 No. 40
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2000

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by paragraphs 1 and 9 (4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 19921 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 commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2000 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 2000-20012.

(1)

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2)

The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 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 2000-20013.

(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 2000-2001 is £1,662,691,000.

(2)

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(3)

The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 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 1999-20004.

(1)

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2)

The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 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.

Revocations5.

Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 19992 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1999-2000) are hereby revoked.
JACK McCONNELL
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2000-2001

Articles 2 and 3

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£

£

Aberdeen City

109,580,000

69,193,000

Aberdeenshire

125,353,000

73,477,000

Angus

64,672,000

35,745,000

Argyll & Bute

75,371,000

29,221,000

Clackmannanshire

29,516,000

15,770,000

Dumfries & Galloway

100,882,000

47,835,000

Dundee City

112,781,000

47,637,000

East Ayrshire

79,516,000

39,391,000

East Dunbartonshire

54,295,000

35,582,000

East Lothian

48,491,000

29,087,000

East Renfrewshire

44,979,000

28,571,000

City of Edinburgh

235,204,000

146,193,000

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

59,035,000

9,073,000

Falkirk

85,108,000

46,799,000

Fife

207,457,000

113,303,000

Glasgow City

537,193,000

201,238,000

Highland

163,735,000

67,644,000

Inverclyde

63,340,000

27,733,000

Midlothian

47,893,000

26,259,000

Moray

54,739,000

27,886,000

North Ayrshire

91,272,000

45,354,000

North Lanarkshire

208,581,000

106,100,000

Orkney Islands

32,029,000

6,349,000

Perth & Kinross

74,577,000

43,204,000

Renfrewshire

110,463,000

57,749,000

Scottish Borders

73,060,000

34,520,000

Shetland Islands

48,483,000

7,440,000

South Ayrshire

65,267,000

37,164,000

South Lanarkshire

187,116,000

99,651,000

Stirling

54,810,000

26,996,000

West Dunbartonshire

69,211,000

30,812,000

West Lothian

94,482,000

49,715,000

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1999-2000

Article 4

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount

£

Aberdeen City

112,123,000

Aberdeenshire

133,433,000

Angus

68,625,000

Argyll & Bute

76,818,000

Clackmannanshire

30,988,000

Dumfries & Galloway

103,904,000

Dundee City

115,436,000

East Ayrshire

81,329,000

East Dunbartonshire

58,428,000

East Lothian

51,225,000

East Renfrewshire

46,671,000

City of Edinburgh

252,994,000

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

58,827,000

Falkirk

83,743,000

Fife

215,477,000

Glasgow City

556,575,000

Highland

169,999,000

Inverclyde

65,132,000

Midlothian

50,654,000

Moray

57,821,000

North Ayrshire

92,796,000

North Lanarkshire

213,906,000

Orkney Islands

33,115,000

Perth & Kinross

78,325,000

Renfrewshire

111,436,000

Scottish Borders

75,224,000

Shetland Islands

48,222,000

South Ayrshire

71,156,000

South Lanarkshire

192,607,000

Stirling

58,347,000

West Dunbartonshire

71,795,000

West Lothian

99,912,000

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order–

(a)

determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 (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 1999-2000 (article 4 and Schedule 2);

(d)

makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999 (article 5).