The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 87

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017

Made

16th March 2017

Coming into force

17th March 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) 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 S

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2017-2018 S

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 revoked (9.3.2018) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/91), arts. 1, 5

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2017-2018 S

3.—(1) The distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2017-2018 is £2,665,800,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 3 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2016-2017 S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 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.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 4 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

Revocations S

5.  Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2016-2017) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 5 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

DEREK MACKAY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

16th March 2017

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2017-2018

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 1 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

Column 1		Column 3
Local Authority	F2 ...	Amount of non‑domestic rate income
		£m
Scotland Total	F2 . . .	2,665.800
Aberdeen City	F2 . . .	205.547
Aberdeenshire	F2 . . .	95.828
Angus	F2 . . .	27.233
Argyll & Bute	F2 . . .	29.615
Clackmannanshire	F2 . . .	14.928
Dumfries & Galloway	F2 . . .	45.529
Dundee City	F2 . . .	66.700
East Ayrshire	F2 . . .	29.367
East Dunbartonshire	F2 . . .	23.586
East Lothian	F2 . . .	24.550
East Renfrewshire	F2 . . .	14.427
Edinburgh (City of)	F2 . . .	355.063
Eilean Siar	F2 . . .	7.962
Falkirk	F2 . . .	65.438
Fife	F2 . . .	170.998
Glasgow City	F2 . . .	373.238
Highland	F2 . . .	122.421
Inverclyde	F2 . . .	21.283
Midlothian	F2 . . .	29.273
Moray	F2 . . .	33.406
North Ayrshire	F2 . . .	40.568
North Lanarkshire	F2 . . .	114.474
Orkney Islands	F2 . . .	9.688
Perth & Kinross	F2 . . .	52.035
Renfrewshire	F2 . . .	98.908
Scottish Borders	F2 . . .	32.673
Shetland Islands	F2 . . .	23.240
South Ayrshire	F2 . . .	39.756
South Lanarkshire	F2 . . .	287.862
Stirling	F2 . . .	42.829
West Dunbartonshire	F2 . . .	77.319
West Lothian	F2 . . .	90.056

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in sch. 1 revoked (9.3.2018) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/91), arts. 1, 5

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2016-2017

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 2 in force at 17.3.2017, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority>	Amount of revenue support grant
	£m
Scotland Total	6,839.251
Aberdeen City	115.384
Aberdeenshire	314.451
Angus	169.421
Argyll & Bute	166.251
Clackmannanshire	77.977
Dumfries & Galloway	235.645
Dundee City	216.366
East Ayrshire	193.640
East Dunbartonshire	159.542
East Lothian	144.370
East Renfrewshire	162.416
Edinburgh (City of)	344.919
Eilean Siar	88.826
Falkirk	206.724
Fife	443.581
Glasgow City	851.404
Highland	313.049
Inverclyde	140.922
Midlothian	119.976
Moray	121.198
North Ayrshire	226.808
North Lanarkshire	488.792
Orkney Islands	58.179
Perth & Kinross	187.100
Renfrewshire	209.072
Scottish Borders	170.080
Shetland Islands	64.873
South Ayrshire	158.197
South Lanarkshire	250.867
Stirling	118.135
West Dunbartonshire	102.225
West Lothian	218.861

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 2017-2018 (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 2016-2017 (article 4 and schedule 2); and

(d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016 (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 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2016/135.