1987 No. 2279 (S.155)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987

Approved by the House of Commons

Made

Laid before the House of Commons

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the enactments set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Title, commencement and interpretation 1

1

This Order may be cited as the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

2

In this Order—

  • “the 1963 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19631;

  • “the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19662;

  • “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19733;

  • “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19754;

  • “the 1982 Act” means the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 19825;

  • “the 1984 Act” means the Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 19846;

  • “the 1987 Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc.(Scotland) Act 19877;

  • “the 1987 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 19878; and

  • “the 1987 No.2 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 19879.

Aggregate grants for 1988-892

1

The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £2,037,930,000.

2

The amounts of the needs element and the domestic element and the estimated amount of the resources element of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89 shall be the amounts set out in the following table:—

£

Amount of the needs element

1,730,230,000

Amount of the domestic element

91,900,000

Estimated amount of the resources element

15,800,000

Apportionment of the needs element for 1988-893

1

For the purposes of paragraph 2A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act10 (grant for rate relief given to certain recreational clubs) there shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority, which amounts are, in total, £3,200,000.

2

There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order the amount of the remaining part of needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Domestic rate reduction for 1988-894

The amount prescribed for the year 1988-89 for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1966 Act (reduction of rates on dwellings by reference to the domestic element) shall be 7 pence in the pound, being the amount which in my opinion corresponds to the amount of the domestic element for that year, as prescribed by article 2(2) of this Order.

Weighted population and national standard amount per head for 1988-895

For the purposes of section 9(3) of the 1963 Act (definition of standard penny rate product) the weighted population of an area for the year 1988-89 shall be the total population of the area as first estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland in relation to 30th June 198611 and the national standard amount per head for the year 1988-89 shall be such as will result as nearly as may be in the distribution of the whole of the resources element for that year.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1987-886

The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88 (which was fixed as £1,694,470,307 by article 2 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,688,110,661.

Variation of needs element for 1987-88 and its apportionment

7

The amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88, which was varied to £1,406,270,307 by article 3 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,400,910,661.

8

There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Variation of domestic element for 1987-889

The amount of the domestic element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £91,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £90,800,000.

Variation of resources element for 1987-8810

The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £197,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £196,400,000.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1986-8711

The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1986-87 (which was fixed as £1,664,415,021 by article 5 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,656,335,907.

Variation of needs element for 1986-87 and its apportionment

12

The amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £1,388,815,021 by article 6 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,380,835,907.

13

There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 5 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Variation of resources element for 1986-8714

The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £184,300,000 by article 9 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £184,200,000.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1985-8615

The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1985-86 (which was fixed as £1,700,108,228 by article 10 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,700,892,301.

Variation of needs element for 1985-86 and its apportionment

16

The amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86, which was varied to £1,391,308,228 by article 11 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,392,092,301.

17

There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1984-8518

The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1984-85 (which was fixed as £1,671,736,538 by article 13 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,670,870,312.

Variation of needs element for 1984-85 and its apportionment

19

The amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85, which was varied to £1,442,336,538 by article 14 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,441,470,312.

20

There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 7 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority which amounts are, in total, £1,439,170,312.

Revocation21

Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1987 No.2 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1987-88), article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1986-87), article 12 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1987 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1985-86) and article 15 of, and Schedule 5 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1984-85) are hereby revoked.

Malcolm RifkindOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateNew St. Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

We consent,

David LightbownMichael NeubertTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULE 1

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Relevant enactment conferring power

Relevant amending enactment

Relevant provision of this Order

Section 95 of the 1963 Act.

Section 13 of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 6 to the 1975 Act.

Article 5.

Section 2(4) of the 1966 Act.

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.

Article 2(2).

Section 3 of the 1966 Act.

Section 120(1)(a) of the 1973 Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act.

Articles 2(1), 6, 11, 15 and 18.

Section 4 and 45(2) of the 1966 Act

Section 3 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, the 1982 Act.

Articles 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19 and 21.

Paragraph 2A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.

Section 27 of the 1987 Act.

Article 3(1) and Schedule 2.

Paragraph 3, as read with paragraph 3A, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.

Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Section 1(1) of the 1984 Act.

Articles 3(2), 8, 13, 17, 20 and Schedules 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.

Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.

Article 4.

SCHEDULE 2APPORTIONMENT OF PART OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1988-89

Article 3(1)

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

75,000

Central

106,000

Dumfries and Galloway

90,000

Fife

198,000

Grampian

75,000

Highland

141,000

Lothian

1,254,000

Strathclyde

933,000

Tayside

316,000

Island Councils

Orkney

3,000

Shetland

0

Western Isles

9,000

SCHEDULE 3APPORTIONMENT OF REMAINING PART OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1988-89

Article 3(2)

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

34,805,055

Central

72,655,079

Dumfries and Galloway

46,132,434

Fife

100,504,006

Grampian

149,630,376

Highland

88,074,796

Lothian

180,661,678

Strathclyde

766,787,576

Tayside

District Councils

Berwickshire

222,388

Ettrick and Lauderdale

398,339

Roxburgh

923,063

Tweedale

173,564

Clackmannan

571,267

Falkirk

1,815,514

Stirling

972,546

Annandale and Eskdale

430,047

Nithsdale

683,455

Stewartry

275,841

Wigtown

363,698

Dunfermline

1,544,632

Kirkcaldy

2,031,657

North East Fife

789,370

Aberdeen City

4,347,741

Banff and Buchan

997,062

Gordon

839,249

Kincardine and Deeside

559,420

Moray

1,016,473

Badenoch and Strathspey

124,930

Caithness

497,510

Inverness

703,531

Lochaber

295,427

Nairn

128,778

Ross and Cromarty

1,069,908

Skye and Lockalsh

246,853

Sutherland

422,102

East Lothian

982,692

Edinburgh City

13,764,414

Midlothian

974,008

West Lothian

1,696,999

Argyll and Bute

2,736,179

Bearsden and Milngavie

581,457

Clydebank

3,198,046

Clydesdale

696,730

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

753,172

Cumnock and Doon valley

948,523

Cunninghame

2,125,879

Dumbarton

1,046,788

East Kilbride

979,774

Eastwood

664,063

Glasgow City

46,777,906

Hamilton

1,286,925

Inverclyde

2,551,436

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

1,053,372

Kyle and Carrick

1,454,402

Monklands

2,569,379

Motherwell

2,535,751

Renfrew

4,836,079

Strathkelvin

1,155,549

Angus

1,128,054

Dundee City

5,971,349

Perth and Kinross

1,463,638

Island Councils

Orkney

10,172,399

Shetland

11,723,274

Western Isles

23,955,911

SCHEDULE 4APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1987-88

Article 8

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

32,033,330

Central

65,302,223

Dumfries and Galloway

44,080,290

Fife

77,398,983

Grampian

136,791,042

Highland

79,446,533

Lothian

121,104,271

Strathclyde

618,854,141

Tayside

101,948,180

District Councils

Berwickshire

135,335

Ettrick and Lauderdale

375,018

Roxburgh

876,561

Tweedale

164,888

Clackmannan

0

Falkirk

1,621,467

Stirling

0

Annandale and Eskdale

367,910

Nithsdale

254,668

Stewartry

225,894

Wigtown

225,883

Dunfermline

1,463,492

Kirkcaldy

1,926,516

North East Fife

740,010

Aberdeen City

2,949,770

Banff and Buchan

861,329

Gordon

795,970

Kincardine and Deeside

532,904

Moray

963,378

Badenoch and Strathspey

118,125

Caithness

462,375

Inverness

666,472

Lochaber

280,064

Nairn

115,071

Ross and Cromarty

1,004,758

Skye and Lockalsh

166,609

Sutherland

398,867

East Lothian

0

Edinburgh City

0

Midlothian

363,546

West Lothian

1,458,064

Argyll and Bute

2,548,173

Bearsden and Milngavie

523,009

Clydebank

3,041,044

Clydesdale

19,183

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

174,454

Cumnock and Doon valley

363,041

Cunninghame

1,411,181

Dumbarton

315,277

East Kilbride

837,986

Eastwood

632,522

Glasgow City

29,975,369

Hamilton

1,215,428

Inverclyde

2,297,434

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

369,358

Kyle and Carrick

1,089,687

Monklands

2,207,968

Motherwell

2,319,567

Renfrew

3,754,975

Strathkelvin

898,361

Angus

1,071,667

Dundee City

5,191,998

Perth and Kinross

1,375,344

Island Councils

Orkney

9,243,635

Shetland

10,853,602

Western Isles

22,579,461

SCHEDULE 5APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1986-87

Article 13

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

29,312,460

Central

62,898,821

Dumfries and Galloway

40,253,188

Fife

78,335,446

Grampian

126,134,289

Highland

75,919,444

Lothian

146,638,094

Strathclyde

590,699,414

Tayside

District Councils

Berwickshire

195,102

Ettrick and Lauderdale

354,197

Roxburgh

868,256

Tweedale

154,899

Clackmannan

515,272

Falkirk

1,536,142

Stirling

0

Annandale and Eskdale

385,314

Nithsdale

617,009

Stewartry

247,486

Wigtown

323,058

Dunfermline

1,393,986

Kirkcaldy

1,914,137

North East Fife

704,828

Aberdeen City

2,733,534

Banff and Buchan

893,015

Gordon

737,830

Kincardine and Deeside

300,966

Moray

797,546

Badenoch and Strathspey

109,680

Caithness

453,505

Inverness

627,653

Lochaber

277,710

Nairn

108,435

Ross and Cromarty

996,806

Skye and Lockalsh

229,325

Sutherland

396,902

East Lothian

859,349

Edinburgh City

6,253,718

Midlothian

559,235

West Lothian

1,273,946

Argyll and Bute

2,577,882

Bearsden and Milngavie

545,056

Clydebank

2,708,905

Clydesdale

589,179

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

637,696

Cumnock and Doon valley

856,160

Cunninghame

1,681,619

Dumbarton

892,560

East Kilbride

891,977

Eastwood

596,329

Glasgow City

33,752,848

Hamilton

1,156,928

Inverclyde

2,373,476

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

985,256

Kyle and Carrick

1,205,906

Monklands

2,250,690

Motherwell

2,302,054

Renfrew

3,854,864

Strathkelvin

1,041,011

Angus

1,012,095

Dundee City

5,007,353

Perth and Kinross

1,289,729

Island Councils

Orkney

7,592,057

Shetland

10,032,447

Western Isles

20,805,151

SCHEDULE 6APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1985-86

Article 17

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

26,816,364

Central

59,616,924

Dumfries and Galloway

35,235,557

Fife

76,697,472

Grampian

121,198,256

Highland

70,514,161

Lothian

159,025,971

Strathclyde

623,815,676

Tayside

91,931,042

District Councils

Berwickshire

180,478

Ettrick and Lauderdale

326,658

Roxburgh

965,631

Tweedale

141,209

Clackmannan

33,088

Falkirk

1,636,010

Stirling

847,880

Annandale and Eskdale

351,308

Nithsdale

514,800

Stewartry

115,790

Wigtown

297,607

Dunfermline

1,335,903

Kirkcaldy

2,064,639

North East Fife

688,098

Aberdeen City

3,509,641

Banff and Buchan

730,967

Gordon

610,569

Kincardine and Deeside

427,525

Moray

720,042

Badenoch and Strathspey

97,124

Caithness

486,685

Inverness

488,531

Lochaber

309,050

Nairn

98,630

Ross and Cromarty

1,263,378

Skye and Lockalsh

223,052

Sutherland

357,094

East Lothian

870,004

Edinburgh City

9,566,739

Midlothian

512,259

West Lothian

1,116,975

Argyll and Bute

2,575,310

Bearsden and Milngavie

607,354

Clydebank

2,095,956

Clydesdale

611,848

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

546,663

Cumnock and Doon valley

682,700

Cunninghame

1,185,275

Dumbarton

853,477

East Kilbride

889,691

Eastwood

575,477

Glasgow City

31,804,085

Hamilton

214,962

Inverclyde

1,976,362

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

758,549

Kyle and Carrick

1,183,733

Monklands

2,124,931

Motherwell

2,007,042

Renfrew

2,393,715

Strathkelvin

1,151,538

Angus

982,310

Dundee City

4,552,965

Perth and Kinross

1,252,076

Island Councils

Orkney

7,459,314

Shetland

9,961,998

Western Isles

17,905,943

SCHEDULE 7APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1984-85

Article 20

Column 1

Column 2

Authority

Amount £

Regional Councils

Borders

25,558,996

Central

64,944,416

Dumfries and Galloway

33,419,058

Fife

74,084,917

Grampian

119,540,756

Highland

66,913,532

Lothian

168,817,955

Strathclyde

642,488,782

Tayside

88,129,308

District Councils

Berwickshire

318,953

Ettrick and Lauderdale

669,381

Roxburgh

659,896

Tweedale

248,509

Clackmannan

995,233

Falkirk

3,048,781

Stirling

1,202,476

Annandale and Eskdale

600,790

Nithsdale

990,790

Stewartry

397,994

Wigtown

524,799

Dunfermline

2,667,531

Kirkcaldy

3,626,230

North East Fife

1,375,941

Aberdeen City

5,539,036

Banff and Buchan

1,749,273

Gordon

1,423,608

Kincardine and Deeside

823,392

Moray

1,614,640

Badenoch and Strathspey

205,041

Caithness

464,671

Inverness

794,371

Lochaber

446,830

Nairn

141,535

Ross and Cromarty

978,514

Skye and Lockalsh

221,573

Sutherland

310,156

East Lothian

1,315,158

Edinburgh City

6,601,217

Midlothian

1,108,356

West Lothian

2,586,591

Argyll and Bute

2,034,939

Bearsden and Milngavie

1,022,037

Clydebank

1,704,725

Clydesdale

1,213,497

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

1,316,956

Cumnock and Doon valley

1,110,728

Cunninghame

2,724,130

Dumbarton

1,505,228

East Kilbride

1,751,701

Eastwood

930,285

Glasgow City

31,552,557

Hamilton

1,535,568

Inverclyde

2,542,744

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

1,952,872

Kyle and Carrick

2,382,325

Monklands

2,631,792

Motherwell

3,573,036

Renfrew

4,358,739

Strathkelvin

1,930,764

Angus

1,955,642

Dundee City

3,886,080

Perth and Kinross

2,515,804

Island Councils

Orkney

7,690,279

Shetland

10,243,710

Western Isles

17,510,510

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order—

a

in relation to the year 1988-89—

i

fixes the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants payable under Part I of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 to regional, islands and district councils in Scotland, and prescribes the division of this amount among the needs element, the domestic element and the estimated resources element (article 2);

ii

prescribes the amount in the pound by which rating authorities are to reduce the rate in the pound which they would otherwise levy on dwellinghouses in their areas so as to take account of the amount of domestic element for the year (article 4); and

iii

prescribes matters relating to the distribution of the different parts of the needs element, and the distribution of the resources element, of rate support grants among local authorities (articles 3 and 5);

b

in relation to the year 1987-88—

i

redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element, the domestic element and the estimated amount of the resources element payable for that year (articles 6, 7, 9 and 10);

ii

varies the needs element distribution (article 8); and

iii

revokes article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987 (article 21);

c

in relation to the year 1986-87—

i

redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element and the estimated amount of the resources element payable for that year (articles 11, 12 and 14);

ii

varies the needs element distribution (article 13); and

iii

revokes article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987 (article 21);

d

in relation to the year 1985-86—

i

redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element payable for that year (articles 15 and 16);

ii

varies the needs element distribution (article 17); and

iii

revokes article 12 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 21);

e

in relation to the year 1984-85—

i

redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element payable for that year (articles 18 and 19);

ii

varies the needs element distribution (article 20); and

iii

revokes article 15 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 21).