2018 No. 91

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018

Made

Coming into force

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 M1 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 M2, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

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.

M2

Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2018-2019F12

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2018-20193

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 2018-2019 is £2,636,000,000.

2

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 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 2017-20184

1

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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.

Revocations5

Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017 M3 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2017-2018) are revoked.

DEREK MACKAY A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2018-2019

Articles 2 and 3

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

Column 1

F2...

Column 3

Local Authority

F2...

Amount of non‑domestic rate income

F2...

£m

Aberdeen City

F2. . .

227.801

Aberdeenshire

F2. . .

110.710

Angus

F2. . .

25.101

Argyll & Bute

F2. . .

33.035

Clackmannanshire

F2. . .

15.326

Dumfries & Galloway

F2. . .

44.229

Dundee City

F2. . .

55.553

East Ayrshire

F2. . .

26.073

East Dunbartonshire

F2. . .

21.791

East Lothian

F2. . .

23.744

East Renfrewshire

F2. . .

14.318

Edinburgh (City of)

F2. . .

340.474

Eilean Siar

F2. . .

7.702

Falkirk

F2. . .

65.958

Fife

F2. . .

154.138

Glasgow City

F2. . .

340.778

Highland

F2. . .

126.537

Inverclyde

F2. . .

18.363

Midlothian

F2. . .

28.115

Moray

F2. . .

40.151

North Ayrshire

F2. . .

39.471

North Lanarkshire

F2. . .

104.339

Orkney Islands

F2. . .

9.376

Perth & Kinross

F2. . .

51.953

Renfrewshire

F2. . .

120.105

Scottish Borders

F2. . .

32.790

Shetland Islands

F2. . .

23.852

South Ayrshire

F2. . .

38.299

South Lanarkshire

F2. . .

295.500

Stirling

F2. . .

42.273

West Dunbartonshire

F2. . .

78.812

West Lothian

F2. . .

79.333

Scotland Total

F2. . .

2,636.000

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2017-2018

Article 4

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City

116.541

Aberdeenshire

312.589

Angus

168.576

Argyll & Bute

162.798

Clackmannanshire

77.529

Dumfries & Galloway

233.367

Dundee City

217.465

East Ayrshire

190.949

East Dunbartonshire

159.146

East Lothian

143.430

East Renfrewshire

161.493

Edinburgh (City of)

345.757

Eilean Siar

86.251

Falkirk

205.396

Fife

448.957

Glasgow City

834.785

Highland

314.143

Inverclyde

138.971

Midlothian

122.372

Moray

121.061

North Ayrshire

224.701

North Lanarkshire

485.511

Orkney Islands

57.643

Perth & Kinross

190.637

Renfrewshire

201.151

Scottish Borders

167.744

Shetland Islands

57.428

South Ayrshire

156.390

South Lanarkshire

256.865

Stirling

120.712

West Dunbartonshire

105.129

West Lothian

213.469

Scotland Total

6,798.956

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order—

  1. a

    determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2018-2019 (article 2 and schedule 1);

  2. 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);

  3. c

    redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2017-2018 (article 4 and schedule 2); and

  4. d

    makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017 (article 5).