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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Local Government
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Local Authority | Amount of revenue support grant | Amount of non‑domestic rate income |
| £m | £m | |
| Aberdeen City | 123.653 | 210.945 |
| Aberdeenshire | 314.638 | 92.459 |
| Angus | 172.874 | 30.914 |
| Argyll & Bute | 174.207 | 27.949 |
| Clackmannanshire | 79.993 | 15.915 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 240.248 | 51.027 |
| Dundee City | 231.036 | 60.670 |
| East Ayrshire | 195.592 | 32.979 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 159.115 | 25.288 |
| East Lothian | 144.213 | 26.182 |
| East Renfrewshire | 161.731 | 16.618 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | 339.555 | 392.404 |
| Eilean Siar | 92.669 | 7.951 |
| Falkirk | 217.904 | 62.582 |
| Fife | 466.171 | 167.299 |
| Glasgow City | 867.386 | 383.943 |
| Highland | 323.980 | 127.906 |
| Inverclyde | 144.515 | 23.735 |
| Midlothian | 121.515 | 31.947 |
| Moray | 122.282 | 36.934 |
| North Ayrshire | 230.187 | 43.101 |
| North Lanarkshire | 498.771 | 122.909 |
| Orkney Islands | 60.701 | 9.528 |
| Perth & Kinross | 188.328 | 59.571 |
| Renfrewshire | 207.578 | 103.321 |
| Scottish Borders | 173.319 | 33.840 |
| Shetland Islands | 69.401 | 16.949 |
| South Ayrshire | 159.783 | 42.851 |
| South Lanarkshire | 248.813 | 317.230 |
| Stirling | 120.692 | 45.580 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 104.133 | 84.385 |
| West Lothian | 212.044 | 94.588 |
| Scotland Total | 6,967.027 | 2,799.500 |
Article 4
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Local Authority | Amount of revenue support grant |
| £m | |
| Aberdeen City | 136.799 |
| Aberdeenshire | 309.990 |
| Angus | 173.863 |
| Argyll & Bute | 174.740 |
| Clackmannanshire | 83.260 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 245.153 |
| Dundee City | 235.007 |
| East Ayrshire | 196.615 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 157.287 |
| East Lothian | 145.519 |
| East Renfrewshire | 160.697 |
| Edinburgh (City of) | 385.758 |
| Eilean Siar | 95.868 |
| Falkirk | 205.018 |
| Fife | 479.958 |
| Glasgow City | 908.557 |
| Highland | 331.568 |
| Inverclyde | 145.360 |
| Midlothian | 123.255 |
| Moray | 121.959 |
| North Ayrshire | 229.237 |
| North Lanarkshire | 508.047 |
| Orkney Islands | 59.357 |
| Perth & Kinross | 193.594 |
| Renfrewshire | 207.828 |
| Scottish Borders | 175.725 |
| Shetland Islands | 69.020 |
| South Ayrshire | 159.635 |
| South Lanarkshire | 275.118 |
| Stirling | 133.693 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 111.761 |
| West Lothian | 219.341 |
| Scotland Total | 7,158.587 |
(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).
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.
Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
S.S.I. 2014/36. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/74.
