2020 No. 102
Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020

Made
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.

Citation and commencement1.

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Art. 1 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021F12.

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2020-20213.

(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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I3Art. 3 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2019-20204.

(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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I4Art. 4 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Revocations5.

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I5Art. 5 in force at 27.3.2020, see art. 1

Marginal Citations
BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

F2SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2020-2021

Articles 2 and 3

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

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2019-2020

Article 4

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I6Sch. 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

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

  4. (d)

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