2020 No. 187
Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment 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 paragraph 1 of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 19921 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 schedule2, 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 (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20202.

(1)

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20203 is amended as follows.

(2)

For schedule 1 substitute—

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

Articles 2 and 3

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non‑domestic rate income

£m

£m

Aberdeen City

179.078

164.415

Aberdeenshire

360.169

80.112

Angus

195.142

17.768

Argyll & Bute

178.194

23.284

Clackmannanshire

87.954

10.757

Dumfries & Galloway

262.971

35.659

Dundee City

271.867

32.888

East Ayrshire

220.935

17.651

East Dunbartonshire

179.785

15.238

East Lothian

162.241

18.274

East Renfrewshire

178.164

9.961

Edinburgh, City of

522.928

238.922

Eilean Siar

91.717

5.562

Falkirk

246.424

46.281

Fife

561.068

111.709

Glasgow City

1,038.423

238.445

Highland

381.701

92.297

Inverclyde

157.048

13.118

Midlothian

148.414

19.587

Moray

136.847

29.008

North Ayrshire

259.363

25.017

North Lanarkshire

571.301

71.360

Orkney Islands

64.742

7.019

Perth & Kinross

224.312

37.876

Renfrewshire

250.147

73.841

Scottish Borders

192.217

23.388

Shetland Islands

66.322

17.182

South Ayrshire

181.840

28.601

South Lanarkshire

359.608

226.179

Stirling

146.090

28.626

West Dunbartonshire

138.736

55.963

West Lothian

280.048

52.042

Scotland Total

8,295.796

1,868.030”

BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020, which determines the amount of revenue support grant payable (column 2) to each local authority in Scotland (column 1), in respect of the financial year 2020-2021. Although a new schedule is substituted, no changes are made in relation to the amounts of non-domestic rate income distributed (column 3).