The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 No. 157


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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 commencement

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.

Revenue support grant for 2021-2022

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2021-2022

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.

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021

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.

Revocations

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.

IVAN McKEE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th March 2021

Articles 2 and 3

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

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Local Authority Amount of revenue support grant Amount of non‑domestic rate income
£m £m
Aberdeen City 150.000 202.923
Aberdeenshire 352.402 104.867
Angus 198.960 19.767
Argyll & Bute 180.583 25.070
Clackmannanshire 87.035 13.650
Dumfries & Galloway 266.466 38.830
Dundee City 283.237 26.821
East Ayrshire 226.553 17.550
East Dunbartonshire 186.753 13.355
East Lothian 163.322 21.675
East Renfrewshire 185.423 7.234
Edinburgh, City of 601.612 188.796
Eilean Siar 92.934 6.157
Falkirk 237.589 60.775
Fife 556.139 135.763
Glasgow City 1,073.599 223.812
Highland 377.736 106.967
Inverclyde 161.274 12.019
Midlothian 152.717 18.811
Moray 130.295 41.237
North Ayrshire 261.110 28.520
North Lanarkshire 572.210 84.429
Orkney Islands 64.098 9.788
Perth & Kinross 236.707 34.864
Renfrewshire 249.197 81.663
Scottish Borders 197.145 26.668
Shetland Islands 58.239 26.690
South Ayrshire 192.421 23.358
South Lanarkshire 278.093 319.312
Stirling 151.817 27.158
West Dunbartonshire 116.374 81.408
West Lothian 279.292 60.063
Scotland Total 8,321.332 2,090.000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2020-2021

Column 1 Column 2
Local Authority Amount of revenue support grant
£m
Aberdeen City 216.138
Aberdeenshire 406.804
Angus 212.704
Argyll & Bute 197.412
Clackmannanshire 96.256
Dumfries & Galloway 290.101
Dundee City 301.041
East Ayrshire 242.457
East Dunbartonshire 202.499
East Lothian 178.661
East Renfrewshire 195.940
Edinburgh, City of 637.444
Eilean Siar 98.006
Falkirk 270.306
Fife 626.778
Glasgow City 1,204.630
Highland 426.479
Inverclyde 171.138
Midlothian 166.367
Moray 152.870
North Ayrshire 282.283
North Lanarkshire 629.086
Orkney Islands 76.213
Perth & Kinross 247.936
Renfrewshire 278.666
Scottish Borders 211.789
Shetland Islands 73.776
South Ayrshire 202.313
South Lanarkshire 412.250
Stirling 164.400
West Dunbartonshire 154.631
West Lothian 312.294
Scotland Total 9,339.668

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.


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