The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016

Made1st March 2016

Coming into force2nd March 2016

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 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.

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule2, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2016-2017F12.

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2016-20173.

(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 2016-2017 is £2,768,500,000.

(2)

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 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 2015-20164.

(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 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 2015-2016 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.

Revocations5.

Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20153 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2015-2016) are revoked.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st March 2016

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2016-2017

Articles 2 and 3

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	F2...	Amount of non‑domestic rate income
	F2...	£m
Aberdeen City	F2. . .	215.586
Aberdeenshire	F2. . .	98.451
Angus	F2. . .	29.410
Argyll & Bute	F2. . .	30.446
Clackmannanshire	F2. . .	16.269
Dumfries & Galloway	F2. . .	47.992
Dundee City	F2. . .	71.011
East Ayrshire	F2. . .	30.239
East Dunbartonshire	F2. . .	25.550
East Lothian	F2. . .	24.370
East Renfrewshire	F2. . .	15.623
Edinburgh (City of)	F2. . .	374.650
Eilean Siar	F2. . .	8.020
Falkirk	F2. . .	68.028
Fife	F2. . .	183.331
Glasgow City	F2. . .	373.351
Highland	F2. . .	127.682
Inverclyde	F2. . .	23.331
Midlothian	F2. . .	32.026
Moray	F2. . .	35.582
North Ayrshire	F2. . .	41.459
North Lanarkshire	F2. . .	120.544
Orkney Islands	F2. . .	9.869
Perth & Kinross	F2. . .	57.555
Renfrewshire	F2. . .	96.106
Scottish Borders	F2. . .	33.594
Shetland Islands	F2. . .	17.822
South Ayrshire	F2. . .	40.755
South Lanarkshire	F2. . .	303.113
Stirling	F2. . .	46.216
West Dunbartonshire	F2. . .	82.793
West Lothian	F2. . .	87.726
Scotland Total	F2. . .	2,768.500

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2015-2016

Article 4

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£m
Aberdeen City	130.618
Aberdeenshire	324.275
Angus	176.708
Argyll & Bute	176.473
Clackmannanshire	81.766
Dumfries & Galloway	245.581
Dundee City	237.825
East Ayrshire	200.279
East Dunbartonshire	163.375
East Lothian	147.620
East Renfrewshire	165.425
Edinburgh (City of)	354.576
Eilean Siar	93.467
Falkirk	223.140
Fife	478.560
Glasgow City	887.888
Highland	331.287
Inverclyde	147.211
Midlothian	124.498
Moray	124.550
North Ayrshire	234.519
North Lanarkshire	508.249
Orkney Islands	61.439
Perth & Kinross	194.219
Renfrewshire	211.713
Scottish Borders	178.319
Shetland Islands	70.155
South Ayrshire	163.697
South Lanarkshire	259.966
Stirling	123.484
West Dunbartonshire	108.034
West Lothian	217.938
Scotland Total	7,146.854

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 2016-2017 (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 2015-2016 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d)

makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 (article 5).