2008 No. 136

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008

Approved by the Scottish Parliament

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of powers conferred by paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 12 to 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.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20082

For Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2008 2, substitute the Schedule contained in the Schedule to this Order.

JOHN SWINNEYA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2008–2009

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£

£

Aberdeen City

232,603,000

79,357,000

Aberdeenshire

291,109,000

90,627,000

Angus

150,241,000

41,934,000

Argyll & Bute

171,425,000

35,056,000

Clackmannanshire

67,337,000

18,758,000

Dumfries & Galloway

222,453,000

56,783,000

Dundee City

221,223,000

54,535,000

East Ayrshire

168,875,000

45,759,000

East Dunbartonshire

128,573,000

40,454,000

East Lothian

121,354,000

35,609,000

East Renfrewshire

127,632,000

34,251,000

City of Edinburgh

530,080,000

177,798,000

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

93,800,000

10,108,000

Falkirk

195,392,000

57,416,000

Fife

468,045,000

137,682,000

Glasgow City

1,018,124,000

222,748,000

Highland

353,087,000

82,591,000

Inverclyde

129,208,000

31,278,000

Midlothian

115,750,000

30,415,000

Moray

117,259,000

33,277,000

North Ayrshire

201,970,000

51,973,000

North Lanarkshire

456,146,000

124,199,000

Orkney Islands

58,368,000

7,584,000

Perth & Kinross

173,241,000

53,776,000

Renfrewshire

244,071,000

65,053,000

Scottish Borders

156,912,000

42,287,000

Shetland Islands

81,520,000

8,393,000

South Ayrshire

146,648,000

42,836,000

South Lanarkshire

408,041,000

118,020,000

Stirling

125,012,000

33,683,000

West Dunbartonshire

148,731,000

34,999,000

West Lothian

211,198,000

63,561,000

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2008 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule contained in this Order. Only the figures contained in column 2 of the Schedule are affected. Column 2 of that Schedule lists the amount of revenue support grant which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2008–2009.