The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 102

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020

Made

26th March 2020

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 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.

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 commencement S

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021 S

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 revoked (20.3.2021) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/157), arts. 1, 5

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2020-2021 S

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 2020-2021 is £1,868,030,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2020-2021 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 2020-2021 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.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2019-2020 S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 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.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 4 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revocations S

5.  Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019 M3 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2019-2020) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I5 Art. 5 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Marginal Citations

M3 S.S.I. 2019/90.

BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

Articles 2 and 3

[F2 SCHEDULE 1 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2020-2021

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 substituted (25.6.2020) by The Local Government Finance (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/187), arts. 1, 2(2)

Column 1	F3 ...	Column 3
Local Authority	F3 ...	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	F3 ...	£m
Aberdeen City	F3 . . .	164.415
Aberdeenshire	F3 . . .	80.112
Angus	F3 . . .	17.768
Argyll & Bute	F3 . . .	23.284
Clackmannanshire	F3 . . .	10.757
Dumfries & Galloway	F3 . . .	35.659
Dundee City	F3 . . .	32.888
East Ayrshire	F3 . . .	17.651
East Dunbartonshire	F3 . . .	15.238
East Lothian	F3 . . .	18.274
East Renfrewshire	F3 . . .	9.961
Edinburgh, City of	F3 . . .	238.922
Eilean Siar	F3 . . .	5.562
Falkirk	F3 . . .	46.281
Fife	F3 . . .	111.709
Glasgow City	F3 . . .	238.445
Highland	F3 . . .	92.297
Inverclyde	F3 . . .	13.118
Midlothian	F3 . . .	19.587
Moray	F3 . . .	29.008
North Ayrshire	F3 . . .	25.017
North Lanarkshire	F3 . . .	71.360
Orkney Islands	F3 . . .	7.019
Perth & Kinross	F3 . . .	37.876
Renfrewshire	F3 . . .	73.841
Scottish Borders	F3 . . .	23.388
Shetland Islands	F3 . . .	17.182
South Ayrshire	F3 . . .	28.601
South Lanarkshire	F3 . . .	226.179
Stirling	F3 . . .	28.626
West Dunbartonshire	F3 . . .	55.963
West Lothian	F3 . . .	52.042
Scotland Total	F3 . . .	1,868.030]

Textual Amendments

F3 sch. 1 column 2 revoked (20.3.2021) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/157), arts. 1, 5

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2019-2020

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 2 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£m
Aberdeen City	72.248
Aberdeenshire	298.681
Angus	178.011
Argyll & Bute	160.249
Clackmannanshire	78.101
Dumfries & Galloway	236.128
Dundee City	232.133
East Ayrshire	202.583
East Dunbartonshire	167.665
East Lothian	148.755
East Renfrewshire	168.983
Edinburgh, City of	360.861
Eilean Siar	86.611
Falkirk	212.188
Fife	482.655
Glasgow City	880.598
Highland	306.652
Inverclyde	144.989
Midlothian	129.016
Moray	116.504
North Ayrshire	233.288
North Lanarkshire	511.480
Orkney Islands	59.283
Perth & Kinross	194.981
Renfrewshire	208.016
Scottish Borders	171.298
Shetland Islands	55.476
South Ayrshire	160.702
South Lanarkshire	223.733
Stirling	125.230
West Dunbartonshire	103.824
West Lothian	236.124
Scotland Total	6,947.046

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 2020-2021 (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 2019-2020 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d)

makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019 (article 5).