The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023

Made2nd March 2023

Coming into force3rd March 2023

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 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 commencementI11

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2023-2024F22

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2023-2024I23

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 2023-2024 is £3,047,000,000.

2

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 is the amount set out in column 3 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Redetermination of revenue support grant for 2022-2023I34

1

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 are specified in column 1 of schedule 2.

2

The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 is the amount set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

RevocationsI45

Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20223 are revoked.

TOM ARTHURAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh2nd March 2023

I5SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2023-2024

Articles 2 and 3

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Sch. 1 in force at 3.3.2023, see art. 1

Amendments (Textual)

Words in sch. 1 revoked (1.3.2024) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/71), arts. 1, 5

Column 1 Local Authority	F1...	Column 3 Amount of non-domestic rate income £m
Aberdeen City	F1. . .	257.797
Aberdeenshire	F1. . .	134.839
Angus	F1. . .	27.934
Argyll & Bute	F1. . .	37.645
Clackmannanshire	F1. . .	17.764
Dumfries & Galloway	F1. . .	60.313
Dundee City	F1. . .	73.704
East Ayrshire	F1. . .	30.467
East Dunbartonshire	F1. . .	24.099
East Lothian	F1. . .	58.108
East Renfrewshire	F1. . .	15.695
Edinburgh, City of	F1. . .	377.317
Eilean Siar	F1. . .	9.106
Falkirk	F1. . .	75.322
Fife	F1. . .	172.108
Glasgow City	F1. . .	358.472
Highland	F1. . .	156.979
Inverclyde	F1. . .	21.333
Midlothian	F1. . .	35.215
Moray	F1. . .	55.314
North Ayrshire	F1. . .	43.955
North Lanarkshire	F1. . .	121.640
Orkney Islands	F1. . .	11.473
Perth & Kinross	F1. . .	60.754
Renfrewshire	F1. . .	131.323
Scottish Borders	F1. . .	37.818
Shetland Islands	F1. . .	24.302
South Ayrshire	F1. . .	47.708
South Lanarkshire	F1. . .	341.536
Stirling	F1. . .	45.636
West Dunbartonshire	F1. . .	93.396
West Lothian	F1. . .	87.928
Scotland Total	F1. . .	3,047.000

I6SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2022-2023

Article 4

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Sch. 2 in force at 3.3.2023, see art. 1

Column 1 Local Authority	Column 2 Amount of revenue support grant £m
Aberdeen City	135.772
Aberdeenshire	372.924
Angus	220.480
Argyll & Bute	191.979
Clackmannanshire	95.864
Dumfries & Galloway	291.937
Dundee City	315.925
East Ayrshire	255.745
East Dunbartonshire	210.391
East Lothian	182.376
East Renfrewshire	205.587
Edinburgh, City of	654.430
Eilean Siar	97.813
Falkirk	260.070
Fife	609.335
Glasgow City	1,159.207
Highland	397.858
Inverclyde	179.255
Midlothian	169.732
Moray	142.533
North Ayrshire	289.389
North Lanarkshire	635.874
Orkney Islands	60.701
Perth & Kinross	259.507
Renfrewshire	271.055
Scottish Borders	216.297
Shetland Islands	48.429
South Ayrshire	216.211
South Lanarkshire	254.817
Stirling	165.248
West Dunbartonshire	114.402
West Lothian	306.229
Scotland Total	8,987.373

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 2023-2024 (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 2022-2023 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

d

makes consequential revocations of article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2022, which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 (article 5).