REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2015 No.
Local Government
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015
Made    
Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
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.
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, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015
2 For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2015-2016) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015, substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
S.S.I. 2015/56.
3 For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2014-2015) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015, substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Name A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date
SCHEDULE 1

“SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016
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	128.543	210.116
Aberdeenshire	318.662	92.096
Angus	174.440	30.792
Argyll & Bute	175.814	27.840
Clackmannanshire	81.086	15.853
Dumfries & Galloway	242.415	50.827
Dundee City	236.519	60.431
East Ayrshire	198.272	32.850
East Dunbartonshire	161.072	25.188
East Lothian	146.007	26.079
East Renfrewshire	163.319	16.553
Edinburgh (City of)	350.662	390.862
Eilean Siar	93.020	7.920
Falkirk	220.894	62.336
Fife	473.574	166.642
Glasgow City	881.650	382.435
Highland	328.024	127.403
Inverclyde	146.192	23.642
Midlothian	123.323	31.822
Moray	123.592	36.789
North Ayrshire	233.346	42.931
North Lanarkshire	505.186	122.426
Orkney Islands	60.984	9.490
Perth & Kinross	190.762	59.337
Renfrewshire	209.238	102.915
Scottish Borders	175.053	33.707
Shetland Islands	69.673	16.882
South Ayrshire	162.291	42.683
South Lanarkshire	255.625	315.984
Stirling	122.255	45.400
West Dunbartonshire	106.829	84.053
West Lothian	215.733	94.216
Scotland Total	7,074.055	2,788.500”

Article 2
SCHEDULE 2

“SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015
Article 4
Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£m
Aberdeen City	137.000
Aberdeenshire	310.390
Angus	174.018
Argyll & Bute	174.877
Clackmannanshire	83.321
Dumfries & Galloway	245.386
Dundee City	235.185
East Ayrshire	196.782
East Dunbartonshire	157.388
East Lothian	145.644
East Renfrewshire	160.788
Edinburgh (City of)	386.311
Eilean Siar	95.921
Falkirk	205.188
Fife	480.396
Glasgow City	909.250
Highland	331.930
Inverclyde	145.447
Midlothian	123.352
Moray	122.085
North Ayrshire	229.412
North Lanarkshire	508.442
Orkney Islands	59.398
Perth & Kinross	193.800
Renfrewshire	208.008
Scottish Borders	175.890
Shetland Islands	69.072
South Ayrshire	159.766
South Lanarkshire	275.489
Stirling	133.829
West Dunbartonshire	111.863
West Lothian	219.549
Scotland Total	7,165.177”

Article 3

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Column 2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015.