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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 56

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

Made

10th February 2015

Coming into force

11th February 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) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2015-2016

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 is 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 2015-2016

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 2015-2016 is £2,799,500,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 is 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 2014-2015

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 is 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

5.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2014-2015) are revoked.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th February 2015

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 City123.653210.945
Aberdeenshire314.63892.459
Angus172.87430.914
Argyll & Bute174.20727.949
Clackmannanshire79.99315.915
Dumfries & Galloway240.24851.027
Dundee City231.03660.670
East Ayrshire195.59232.979
East Dunbartonshire159.11525.288
East Lothian144.21326.182
East Renfrewshire161.73116.618
Edinburgh (City of)339.555392.404
Eilean Siar92.6697.951
Falkirk217.90462.582
Fife466.171167.299
Glasgow City867.386383.943
Highland323.980127.906
Inverclyde144.51523.735
Midlothian121.51531.947
Moray122.28236.934
North Ayrshire230.18743.101
North Lanarkshire498.771122.909
Orkney Islands60.7019.528
Perth & Kinross188.32859.571
Renfrewshire207.578103.321
Scottish Borders173.31933.840
Shetland Islands69.40116.949
South Ayrshire159.78342.851
South Lanarkshire248.813317.230
Stirling120.69245.580
West Dunbartonshire104.13384.385
West Lothian212.04494.588
Scotland Total6,967.0272,799.500

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£m
Aberdeen City136.799
Aberdeenshire309.990
Angus173.863
Argyll & Bute174.740
Clackmannanshire83.260
Dumfries & Galloway245.153
Dundee City235.007
East Ayrshire196.615
East Dunbartonshire157.287
East Lothian145.519
East Renfrewshire160.697
Edinburgh (City of)385.758
Eilean Siar95.868
Falkirk205.018
Fife479.958
Glasgow City908.557
Highland331.568
Inverclyde145.360
Midlothian123.255
Moray121.959
North Ayrshire229.237
North Lanarkshire508.047
Orkney Islands59.357
Perth & Kinross193.594
Renfrewshire207.828
Scottish Borders175.725
Shetland Islands69.020
South Ayrshire159.635
South Lanarkshire275.118
Stirling133.693
West Dunbartonshire111.761
West Lothian219.341
Scotland Total7,158.587

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 2015-2016 (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 2014-2015 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014 (article 5).

(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 paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2014/36. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/74.