Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 157

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021

Made

19th March 2021

Coming into force

20th March 2021

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 commencementS

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1Art. 1 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2021-2022S

F12.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2021-2022S

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 2021-2022 is £2,090,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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

I2Art. 3 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2020-2021 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 2020-2021 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

I3Art. 4 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

RevocationsS

5.  Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2020-2021) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I4Art. 5 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

IVAN McKEE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1SREVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2021-2022

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 1 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

Column 1F2...Column 3
Local AuthorityF2...Amount of non‑domestic rate income
F2...£m
Aberdeen CityF2...202.923
AberdeenshireF2...104.867
AngusF2...19.767
Argyll & ButeF2...25.070
ClackmannanshireF2...13.650
Dumfries & GallowayF2...38.830
Dundee CityF2...26.821
East AyrshireF2...17.550
East DunbartonshireF2...13.355
East LothianF2...21.675
East RenfrewshireF2...7.234
Edinburgh, City ofF2...188.796
Eilean SiarF2...6.157
FalkirkF2...60.775
FifeF2...135.763
Glasgow CityF2...223.812
HighlandF2...106.967
InverclydeF2...12.019
MidlothianF2...18.811
MorayF2...41.237
North AyrshireF2...28.520
North LanarkshireF2...84.429
Orkney IslandsF2...9.788
Perth & KinrossF2...34.864
RenfrewshireF2...81.663
Scottish BordersF2...26.668
Shetland IslandsF2...26.690
South AyrshireF2...23.358
South LanarkshireF2...319.312
StirlingF2...27.158
West DunbartonshireF2...81.408
West LothianF2...60.063
Scotland TotalF2...2,090.000

Textual Amendments

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2SREVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2020-2021

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 2 in force at 20.3.2021, see art. 1

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£m
Aberdeen City216.138
Aberdeenshire406.804
Angus212.704
Argyll & Bute197.412
Clackmannanshire96.256
Dumfries & Galloway290.101
Dundee City301.041
East Ayrshire242.457
East Dunbartonshire202.499
East Lothian178.661
East Renfrewshire195.940
Edinburgh, City of637.444
Eilean Siar98.006
Falkirk270.306
Fife626.778
Glasgow City1,204.630
Highland426.479
Inverclyde171.138
Midlothian166.367
Moray152.870
North Ayrshire282.283
North Lanarkshire629.086
Orkney Islands76.213
Perth & Kinross247.936
Renfrewshire278.666
Scottish Borders211.789
Shetland Islands73.776
South Ayrshire202.313
South Lanarkshire412.250
Stirling164.400
West Dunbartonshire154.631
West Lothian312.294
Scotland Total9,339.668

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 2021-2022 (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 2020-2021 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 (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. 2020/102. Schedule 1 was substituted by S.S.I. 2020/187.