The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2024 No. 71


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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 71

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2024

Made

29th February 2024

Coming into force

1st March 2024

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 2024 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2024-2025

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 are specified in column 1 of schedule 1.

(2) The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 is the amount set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2024-2025

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 2024-2025 is £3,068,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 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 2024-2025 is the amount set out in column 3 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 2023-2024 – redetermination

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 are specified in column 1 of schedule 2.

(2) The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 is the amount 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 2023( 3) are revoked.

TOM ARTHUR

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th February 2024

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2024-2025

Column 1

Local authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Column 3

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£m

Aberdeen City 244.596 208.768
Aberdeenshire 440.076 131.630
Angus 237.575 29.304
Argyll & Bute 199.469 41.334
Clackmannanshire 103.837 19.659
Dumfries & Galloway 306.838 63.708
Dundee City 300.822 73.695
East Ayrshire 268.576 33.530
East Dunbartonshire 225.711 25.901
East Lothian 177.456 59.925
East Renfrewshire 222.748 15.941
Edinburgh, City of 581.234 407.645
Eilean Siar 101.148 9.722
Falkirk 291.837 72.962
Fife 715.196 143.471
Glasgow City 1,189.050 386.817
Highland 419.579 160.345
Inverclyde 187.804 20.298
Midlothian 182.767 34.944
Moray 147.015 67.225
North Ayrshire 309.089 43.129
North Lanarkshire 688.139 120.743
Orkney Islands 67.871 12.176
Perth & Kinross 274.201 64.717
Renfrewshire 307.567 107.505
Scottish Borders 231.588 42.222
Shetland Islands 61.412 27.348
South Ayrshire 223.864 46.075
South Lanarkshire 372.690 366.059
Stirling 170.419 47.768
West Dunbartonshire 150.138 87.481
West Lothian 324.865 95.953
Scotland Total 9,725.177 3,068.000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2023-2024

Column 1

Local authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City 165.776
Aberdeenshire 394.169
Angus 220.901
Argyll & Bute 187.193
Clackmannanshire 98.221
Dumfries & Galloway 287.684
Dundee City 279.360
East Ayrshire 252.184
East Dunbartonshire 210.201
East Lothian 159.356
East Renfrewshire 206.959
Edinburgh, City of 552.075
Eilean Siar 99.168
Falkirk 268.191
Fife 607.050
Glasgow City 1,135.462
Highland 388.842
Inverclyde 175.324
Midlothian 163.578
Moray 147.037
North Ayrshire 286.287
North Lanarkshire 619.609
Orkney Islands 65.147
Perth & Kinross 254.981
Renfrewshire 253.488
Scottish Borders 218.189
Shetland Islands 61.703
South Ayrshire 204.194
South Lanarkshire 349.979
Stirling 157.196
West Dunbartonshire 132.354
West Lothian 307.347
Scotland Total 8,909.205

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 2024-2025 (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 2023-2024 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d) makes consequential revocations of article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023, which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 (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 section 118(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)and paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).


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