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The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021

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Year2021

2021 No. 157

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021

Made 19th March 2021

Coming into force 20th March 2021

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 19921and 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.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2021 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

S-2 Revenue support grant for 2021-2022

Revenue support grant for 2021-2022

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 are specified in column 1 of schedule 1.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 is the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

S-3 Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2021-2022

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2021-2022

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 2021-2022 is £2,090,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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.

S-4 Revenue support grant for 2020-2021

Revenue support grant for 2020-2021

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2020-2021 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 2020-2021 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.

S-5 Revocations

Revocations

5. Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 20203(which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2020-2021) are revoked.

IVAN McKEE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th March 2021

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2021-2022

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non‑domestic rate income

£m

£m

Aberdeen City

150.000

202.923

Aberdeenshire

352.402

104.867

Angus

198.960

19.767

Argyll & Bute

180.583

25.070

Clackmannanshire

87.035

13.650

Dumfries & Galloway

266.466

38.830

Dundee City

283.237

26.821

East Ayrshire

226.553

17.550

East Dunbartonshire

186.753

13.355

East Lothian

163.322

21.675

East Renfrewshire

185.423

7.234

Edinburgh, City of

601.612

188.796

Eilean Siar

92.934

6.157

Falkirk

237.589

60.775

Fife

556.139

135.763

Glasgow City

1,073.599

223.812

Highland

377.736

106.967

Inverclyde

161.274

12.019

Midlothian

152.717

18.811

Moray

130.295

41.237

North Ayrshire

261.110

28.520

North Lanarkshire

572.210

84.429

Orkney Islands

64.098

9.788

Perth & Kinross

236.707

34.864

Renfrewshire

249.197

81.663

Scottish Borders

197.145

26.668

Shetland Islands

58.239

26.690

South Ayrshire

192.421

23.358

South Lanarkshire

278.093

319.312

Stirling

151.817

27.158

West Dunbartonshire

116.374

81.408

West Lothian

279.292

60.063

Scotland Total

8,321.332

2,090.000

SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2020-2021

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City

216.138

Aberdeenshire

406.804

Angus

212.704

Argyll & Bute

197.412

Clackmannanshire

96.256

Dumfries & Galloway

290.101

Dundee City

301.041

East Ayrshire

242.457

East Dunbartonshire

202.499

East Lothian

178.661

East Renfrewshire

195.940

Edinburgh, City of

637.444

Eilean Siar

98.006

Falkirk

270.306

Fife

626.778

Glasgow City

1,204.630

Highland

426.479

Inverclyde

171.138

Midlothian

166.367

Moray

152.870

North Ayrshire

282.283

North Lanarkshire

629.086

Orkney Islands

76.213

Perth & Kinross

247.936

Renfrewshire

278.666

Scottish Borders

211.789

Shetland Islands

73.776

South Ayrshire

202.313

South Lanarkshire

412.250

Stirling

164.400

West Dunbartonshire

154.631

West Lothian

312.294

Scotland Total

9,339.668

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 2021-2022 (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 2020-2021 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 (article 5).

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