The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

Draft 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.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2014 No.  

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

Made

2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

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.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2014-2015

2.—(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 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 2014-2015 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 2014-2015

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 2014-2015 is £2,649,500,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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 2013-2014

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 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 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2013-2014) are revoked.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2014-2015

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant	Amount of non‑domestic rate income
	£	£
Aberdeen City	121,104,000	192,684,000
Aberdeenshire	307,797,000	85,901,000
Angus	166,016,000	28,033,000
Argyll & Bute	167,121,000	31,002,000
Clackmannanshire	78,007,000	12,918,000
Dumfries & Galloway	232,852,000	48,474,000
Dundee City	216,831,000	58,704,000
East Ayrshire	182,887,000	31,060,000
East Dunbartonshire	148,689,000	24,901,000
East Lothian	137,003,000	25,172,000
East Renfrewshire	153,288,000	15,151,000
Edinburgh (City of)	346,314,000	364,108,000
Eilean Siar	93,634,000	7,046,000
Falkirk	191,460,000	74,307,000
Fife	447,570,000	158,661,000
Glasgow City	820,561,000	363,061,000
Highland	312,742,000	124,210,000
Inverclyde	135,817,000	22,707,000
Midlothian	115,266,000	29,013,000
Moray	115,766,000	33,370,000
North Ayrshire	213,185,000	40,197,000
North Lanarkshire	472,730,000	118,797,000
Orkney Islands	58,035,000	9,604,000
Perth & Kinross	183,164,000	55,415,000
Renfrewshire	187,197,000	106,316,000
Scottish Borders	167,381,000	31,013,000
Shetland Islands	67,738,000	17,602,000
South Ayrshire	147,488,000	43,134,000
South Lanarkshire	244,215,000	297,292,000
Stirling	125,884,000	32,586,000
West Dunbartonshire	98,929,000	78,548,000
West Lothian	203,588,000	88,513,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2013-2014

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£
Aberdeen City	139,980,000
Aberdeenshire	318,260,000
Angus	172,683,000
Argyll & Bute	175,859,000
Clackmannanshire	81,738,000
Dumfries & Galloway	244,446,000
Dundee City	230,922,000
East Ayrshire	192,859,000
East Dunbartonshire	155,666,000
East Lothian	143,282,000
East Renfrewshire	158,759,000
Edinburgh, City of	397,339,000
Eilean Siar	96,777,000
Falkirk	203,679,000
Fife	476,205,000
Glasgow City	904,132,000
Highland	333,805,000
Inverclyde	143,966,000
Midlothian	122,045,000
Moray	120,071,000
North Ayrshire	225,726,000
North Lanarkshire	506,081,000
Orkney Islands	59,501,000
Perth & Kinross	191,804,000
Renfrewshire	208,833,000
Scottish Borders	175,055,000
Shetland Islands	70,766,000
South Ayrshire	157,788,000
South Lanarkshire	282,125,000
Stirling	133,360,000
West Dunbartonshire	114,389,000
West Lothian	217,160,000

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 2014-2015 (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 2013-2014 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 (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 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2013/44. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2013/107.