The Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 2279 (S.155)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987

Approved by the House of Commons

Made

9th December 1987

Laid before the House of Commons

11th December 1987

Coming into force

20th January 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the enactments set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1963 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963(1);

“the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966(2);

“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(3);

“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975(4);

“the 1982 Act” means the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982(5);

“the 1984 Act” means the Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984(6);

“the 1987 Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc.(Scotland) Act 1987(7);

“the 1987 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987(8); and

“the 1987 No.2 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 1987(9).

Aggregate grants for 1988-89

2.—(1) The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £2,037,930,000.

(2) The amounts of the needs element and the domestic element and the estimated amount of the resources element of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89 shall be the amounts set out in the following table:—

	£
Amount of the needs element	1,730,230,000
Amount of the domestic element	91,900,000
Estimated amount of the resources element	15,800,000

Apportionment of the needs element for 1988-89

3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act(10) (grant for rate relief given to certain recreational clubs) there shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority, which amounts are, in total, £3,200,000.

(2) There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order the amount of the remaining part of needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Domestic rate reduction for 1988-89

4.  The amount prescribed for the year 1988-89 for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1966 Act (reduction of rates on dwellings by reference to the domestic element) shall be 7 pence in the pound, being the amount which in my opinion corresponds to the amount of the domestic element for that year, as prescribed by article 2(2) of this Order.

Weighted population and national standard amount per head for 1988-89

5.  For the purposes of section 9(3) of the 1963 Act (definition of standard penny rate product) the weighted population of an area for the year 1988-89 shall be the total population of the area as first estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland in relation to 30th June 1986(11) and the national standard amount per head for the year 1988-89 shall be such as will result as nearly as may be in the distribution of the whole of the resources element for that year.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1987-88

6.  The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88 (which was fixed as £1,694,470,307 by article 2 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,688,110,661.

Variation of needs element for 1987-88 and its apportionment

7.  The amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88, which was varied to £1,406,270,307 by article 3 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,400,910,661.

8.  There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Variation of domestic element for 1987-88

9.  The amount of the domestic element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £91,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £90,800,000.

Variation of resources element for 1987-88

10.  The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £197,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £196,400,000.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1986-87

11.  The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1986-87 (which was fixed as £1,664,415,021 by article 5 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,656,335,907.

Variation of needs element for 1986-87 and its apportionment

12.  The amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £1,388,815,021 by article 6 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,380,835,907.

13.  There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 5 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Variation of resources element for 1986-87

14.  The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £184,300,000 by article 9 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £184,200,000.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1985-86

15.  The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1985-86 (which was fixed as £1,700,108,228 by article 10 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,700,892,301.

Variation of needs element for 1985-86 and its apportionment

16.  The amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86, which was varied to £1,391,308,228 by article 11 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,392,092,301.

17.  There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1984-85

18.  The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1984-85 (which was fixed as £1,671,736,538 by article 13 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,670,870,312.

Variation of needs element for 1984-85 and its apportionment

19.  The amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85, which was varied to £1,442,336,538 by article 14 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,441,470,312.

20.  There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 7 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority which amounts are, in total, £1,439,170,312.

Revocation

21.  Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1987 No.2 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1987-88), article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1986-87), article 12 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1987 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1985-86) and article 15 of, and Schedule 5 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1984-85) are hereby revoked.

Malcolm Rifkind

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

New St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th December 1987

We consent,

David Lightbown

Michael Neubert

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

9th December 1987

SCHEDULE 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Relevant enactment conferring power	Relevant amending enactment	Relevant provision of this Order
Section 95 of the 1963 Act.	Section 13 of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 6 to the 1975 Act.	Article 5.
Section 2(4) of the 1966 Act.	Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.	Article 2(2).
Section 3 of the 1966 Act.	Section 120(1)(a) of the 1973 Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act.	Articles 2(1), 6, 11, 15 and 18.
Section 4 and 45(2) of the 1966 Act	Section 3 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, the 1982 Act.	Articles 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19 and 21.
Paragraph 2A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.	Section 27 of the 1987 Act.	Article 3(1) and Schedule 2.
Paragraph 3, as read with paragraph 3A, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.	Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Section 1(1) of the 1984 Act.	Articles 3(2), 8, 13, 17, 20 and Schedules 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.	Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.	Article 4.

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE 2 APPORTIONMENT OF PART OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1988-89

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	75,000
Central	106,000
Dumfries and Galloway	90,000
Fife	198,000
Grampian	75,000
Highland	141,000
Lothian	1,254,000
Strathclyde	933,000
Tayside	316,000
Island Councils
Orkney	3,000
Shetland	0
Western Isles	9,000

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULE 3 APPORTIONMENT OF REMAINING PART OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1988-89

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	34,805,055
Central	72,655,079
Dumfries and Galloway	46,132,434
Fife	100,504,006
Grampian	149,630,376
Highland	88,074,796
Lothian	180,661,678
Strathclyde	766,787,576
Tayside
District Councils
Berwickshire	222,388
Ettrick and Lauderdale	398,339
Roxburgh	923,063
Tweedale	173,564
Clackmannan	571,267
Falkirk	1,815,514
Stirling	972,546
Annandale and Eskdale	430,047
Nithsdale	683,455
Stewartry	275,841
Wigtown	363,698
Dunfermline	1,544,632
Kirkcaldy	2,031,657
North East Fife	789,370
Aberdeen City	4,347,741
Banff and Buchan	997,062
Gordon	839,249
Kincardine and Deeside	559,420
Moray	1,016,473
Badenoch and Strathspey	124,930
Caithness	497,510
Inverness	703,531
Lochaber	295,427
Nairn	128,778
Ross and Cromarty	1,069,908
Skye and Lockalsh	246,853
Sutherland	422,102
East Lothian	982,692
Edinburgh City	13,764,414
Midlothian	974,008
West Lothian	1,696,999
Argyll and Bute	2,736,179
Bearsden and Milngavie	581,457
Clydebank	3,198,046
Clydesdale	696,730
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	753,172
Cumnock and Doon valley	948,523
Cunninghame	2,125,879
Dumbarton	1,046,788
East Kilbride	979,774
Eastwood	664,063
Glasgow City	46,777,906
Hamilton	1,286,925
Inverclyde	2,551,436
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	1,053,372
Kyle and Carrick	1,454,402
Monklands	2,569,379
Motherwell	2,535,751
Renfrew	4,836,079
Strathkelvin	1,155,549
Angus	1,128,054
Dundee City	5,971,349
Perth and Kinross	1,463,638
Island Councils
Orkney	10,172,399
Shetland	11,723,274
Western Isles	23,955,911

Article 8

SCHEDULE 4 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1987-88

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	32,033,330
Central	65,302,223
Dumfries and Galloway	44,080,290
Fife	77,398,983
Grampian	136,791,042
Highland	79,446,533
Lothian	121,104,271
Strathclyde	618,854,141
Tayside	101,948,180
District Councils
Berwickshire	135,335
Ettrick and Lauderdale	375,018
Roxburgh	876,561
Tweedale	164,888
Clackmannan	0
Falkirk	1,621,467
Stirling	0
Annandale and Eskdale	367,910
Nithsdale	254,668
Stewartry	225,894
Wigtown	225,883
Dunfermline	1,463,492
Kirkcaldy	1,926,516
North East Fife	740,010
Aberdeen City	2,949,770
Banff and Buchan	861,329
Gordon	795,970
Kincardine and Deeside	532,904
Moray	963,378
Badenoch and Strathspey	118,125
Caithness	462,375
Inverness	666,472
Lochaber	280,064
Nairn	115,071
Ross and Cromarty	1,004,758
Skye and Lockalsh	166,609
Sutherland	398,867
East Lothian	0
Edinburgh City	0
Midlothian	363,546
West Lothian	1,458,064
Argyll and Bute	2,548,173
Bearsden and Milngavie	523,009
Clydebank	3,041,044
Clydesdale	19,183
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	174,454
Cumnock and Doon valley	363,041
Cunninghame	1,411,181
Dumbarton	315,277
East Kilbride	837,986
Eastwood	632,522
Glasgow City	29,975,369
Hamilton	1,215,428
Inverclyde	2,297,434
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	369,358
Kyle and Carrick	1,089,687
Monklands	2,207,968
Motherwell	2,319,567
Renfrew	3,754,975
Strathkelvin	898,361
Angus	1,071,667
Dundee City	5,191,998
Perth and Kinross	1,375,344
Island Councils
Orkney	9,243,635
Shetland	10,853,602
Western Isles	22,579,461

Article 13

SCHEDULE 5 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1986-87

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	29,312,460
Central	62,898,821
Dumfries and Galloway	40,253,188
Fife	78,335,446
Grampian	126,134,289
Highland	75,919,444
Lothian	146,638,094
Strathclyde	590,699,414
Tayside
District Councils
Berwickshire	195,102
Ettrick and Lauderdale	354,197
Roxburgh	868,256
Tweedale	154,899
Clackmannan	515,272
Falkirk	1,536,142
Stirling	0
Annandale and Eskdale	385,314
Nithsdale	617,009
Stewartry	247,486
Wigtown	323,058
Dunfermline	1,393,986
Kirkcaldy	1,914,137
North East Fife	704,828
Aberdeen City	2,733,534
Banff and Buchan	893,015
Gordon	737,830
Kincardine and Deeside	300,966
Moray	797,546
Badenoch and Strathspey	109,680
Caithness	453,505
Inverness	627,653
Lochaber	277,710
Nairn	108,435
Ross and Cromarty	996,806
Skye and Lockalsh	229,325
Sutherland	396,902
East Lothian	859,349
Edinburgh City	6,253,718
Midlothian	559,235
West Lothian	1,273,946
Argyll and Bute	2,577,882
Bearsden and Milngavie	545,056
Clydebank	2,708,905
Clydesdale	589,179
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	637,696
Cumnock and Doon valley	856,160
Cunninghame	1,681,619
Dumbarton	892,560
East Kilbride	891,977
Eastwood	596,329
Glasgow City	33,752,848
Hamilton	1,156,928
Inverclyde	2,373,476
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	985,256
Kyle and Carrick	1,205,906
Monklands	2,250,690
Motherwell	2,302,054
Renfrew	3,854,864
Strathkelvin	1,041,011
Angus	1,012,095
Dundee City	5,007,353
Perth and Kinross	1,289,729
Island Councils
Orkney	7,592,057
Shetland	10,032,447
Western Isles	20,805,151

Article 17

SCHEDULE 6 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1985-86

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	26,816,364
Central	59,616,924
Dumfries and Galloway	35,235,557
Fife	76,697,472
Grampian	121,198,256
Highland	70,514,161
Lothian	159,025,971
Strathclyde	623,815,676
Tayside	91,931,042
District Councils
Berwickshire	180,478
Ettrick and Lauderdale	326,658
Roxburgh	965,631
Tweedale	141,209
Clackmannan	33,088
Falkirk	1,636,010
Stirling	847,880
Annandale and Eskdale	351,308
Nithsdale	514,800
Stewartry	115,790
Wigtown	297,607
Dunfermline	1,335,903
Kirkcaldy	2,064,639
North East Fife	688,098
Aberdeen City	3,509,641
Banff and Buchan	730,967
Gordon	610,569
Kincardine and Deeside	427,525
Moray	720,042
Badenoch and Strathspey	97,124
Caithness	486,685
Inverness	488,531
Lochaber	309,050
Nairn	98,630
Ross and Cromarty	1,263,378
Skye and Lockalsh	223,052
Sutherland	357,094
East Lothian	870,004
Edinburgh City	9,566,739
Midlothian	512,259
West Lothian	1,116,975
Argyll and Bute	2,575,310
Bearsden and Milngavie	607,354
Clydebank	2,095,956
Clydesdale	611,848
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	546,663
Cumnock and Doon valley	682,700
Cunninghame	1,185,275
Dumbarton	853,477
East Kilbride	889,691
Eastwood	575,477
Glasgow City	31,804,085
Hamilton	214,962
Inverclyde	1,976,362
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	758,549
Kyle and Carrick	1,183,733
Monklands	2,124,931
Motherwell	2,007,042
Renfrew	2,393,715
Strathkelvin	1,151,538
Angus	982,310
Dundee City	4,552,965
Perth and Kinross	1,252,076
Island Councils
Orkney	7,459,314
Shetland	9,961,998
Western Isles	17,905,943

Article 20

SCHEDULE 7 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1984-85

Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	25,558,996
Central	64,944,416
Dumfries and Galloway	33,419,058
Fife	74,084,917
Grampian	119,540,756
Highland	66,913,532
Lothian	168,817,955
Strathclyde	642,488,782
Tayside	88,129,308
District Councils
Berwickshire	318,953
Ettrick and Lauderdale	669,381
Roxburgh	659,896
Tweedale	248,509
Clackmannan	995,233
Falkirk	3,048,781
Stirling	1,202,476
Annandale and Eskdale	600,790
Nithsdale	990,790
Stewartry	397,994
Wigtown	524,799
Dunfermline	2,667,531
Kirkcaldy	3,626,230
North East Fife	1,375,941
Aberdeen City	5,539,036
Banff and Buchan	1,749,273
Gordon	1,423,608
Kincardine and Deeside	823,392
Moray	1,614,640
Badenoch and Strathspey	205,041
Caithness	464,671
Inverness	794,371
Lochaber	446,830
Nairn	141,535
Ross and Cromarty	978,514
Skye and Lockalsh	221,573
Sutherland	310,156
East Lothian	1,315,158
Edinburgh City	6,601,217
Midlothian	1,108,356
West Lothian	2,586,591
Argyll and Bute	2,034,939
Bearsden and Milngavie	1,022,037
Clydebank	1,704,725
Clydesdale	1,213,497
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	1,316,956
Cumnock and Doon valley	1,110,728
Cunninghame	2,724,130
Dumbarton	1,505,228
East Kilbride	1,751,701
Eastwood	930,285
Glasgow City	31,552,557
Hamilton	1,535,568
Inverclyde	2,542,744
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	1,952,872
Kyle and Carrick	2,382,325
Monklands	2,631,792
Motherwell	3,573,036
Renfrew	4,358,739
Strathkelvin	1,930,764
Angus	1,955,642
Dundee City	3,886,080
Perth and Kinross	2,515,804
Island Councils
Orkney	7,690,279
Shetland	10,243,710
Western Isles	17,510,510

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order—

(a) in relation to the year 1988-89—

(i) fixes the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants payable under Part I of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 to regional, islands and district councils in Scotland, and prescribes the division of this amount among the needs element, the domestic element and the estimated resources element (article 2);

(ii) prescribes the amount in the pound by which rating authorities are to reduce the rate in the pound which they would otherwise levy on dwellinghouses in their areas so as to take account of the amount of domestic element for the year (article 4); and

(iii) prescribes matters relating to the distribution of the different parts of the needs element, and the distribution of the resources element, of rate support grants among local authorities (articles 3 and 5);

(b) in relation to the year 1987-88—

(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element, the domestic element and the estimated amount of the resources element payable for that year (articles 6, 7, 9 and 10);

(ii) varies the needs element distribution (article 8); and

(iii) revokes article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987 (article 21);

(c) in relation to the year 1986-87—

(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element and the estimated amount of the resources element payable for that year (articles 11, 12 and 14);

(ii) varies the needs element distribution (article 13); and

(iii) revokes article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987 (article 21);

(d) in relation to the year 1985-86—

(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element payable for that year (articles 15 and 16);

(ii) varies the needs element distribution (article 17); and

(iii) revokes article 12 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 21);

(e) in relation to the year 1984-85—

(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants and varies the amount of the needs element payable for that year (articles 18 and 19);

(ii) varies the needs element distribution (article 20); and

(iii) revokes article 15 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 21).

(1)

1963 c. 12.

(2)

1966 c. 51.

(3)

1973 c. 65.

(4)

1975 c. 30.

(5)

1982 c. 43.

(6)

1984 c. 31.

(7)

1987 c. 47.

(8)

S.I. 1987/275.

(9)

S.I. 1987/1329.

(10)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by section 27 of the 1987 Act.

(11)

See the Registrar General Scotland Annual Report 1986 (HMSO No.132).