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 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 paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Citation and commencement
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.

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Art. 2 revoked (20.3.2021) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/157), arts. 1, 5

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

Revenue support grant for 2019-2020
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.

Revocations
5. Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2019-2020) are revoked.
S.S.I. 2019/90.
BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2020-2021
Articles 2 and 3
Column 1	...	Column 3
Local Authority	...	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	...	£m
Aberdeen City	. . .	164.415
Aberdeenshire	. . .	80.112
Angus	. . .	17.768
Argyll & Bute	. . .	23.284
Clackmannanshire	. . .	10.757
Dumfries & Galloway	. . .	35.659
Dundee City	. . .	32.888
East Ayrshire	. . .	17.651
East Dunbartonshire	. . .	15.238
East Lothian	. . .	18.274
East Renfrewshire	. . .	9.961
Edinburgh, City of	. . .	238.922
Eilean Siar	. . .	5.562
Falkirk	. . .	46.281
Fife	. . .	111.709
Glasgow City	. . .	238.445
Highland	. . .	92.297
Inverclyde	. . .	13.118
Midlothian	. . .	19.587
Moray	. . .	29.008
North Ayrshire	. . .	25.017
North Lanarkshire	. . .	71.360
Orkney Islands	. . .	7.019
Perth & Kinross	. . .	37.876
Renfrewshire	. . .	73.841
Scottish Borders	. . .	23.388
Shetland Islands	. . .	17.182
South Ayrshire	. . .	28.601
South Lanarkshire	. . .	226.179
Stirling	. . .	28.626
West Dunbartonshire	. . .	55.963
West Lothian	. . .	52.042
Scotland Total	. . .	1,868.030
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)
sch. 1 column 2 revoked (20.3.2021) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/157), arts. 1, 5

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2019-2020
Article 4
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

(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).

Art. 1 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1
Art. 2 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1
Art. 3 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1
Art. 4 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1
Art. 5 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1
Sch. 2 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1