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The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

As Enacted Cited authorities 10 Cited in Amendments 4 Related
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JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2015/56
Year2015

2015No. 56

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

10thFebruary2015

11thFebruary2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992( 1) 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( 2), a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2015-2016

2.-(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 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.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2015-2016

3.-(1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 is £2,799,500,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 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.

Revenue support grant for 2014-2015

4.-(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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.

Revocations

5. Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014( 3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2014-2015) are revoked.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

10th February 2015

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£m

£m

Aberdeen City

123.653

210.945

Aberdeenshire

314.638

92.459

Angus

172.874

30.914

Argyll & Bute

174.207

27.949

Clackmannanshire

79.993

15.915

Dumfries & Galloway

240.248

51.027

Dundee City

231.036

60.670

East Ayrshire

195.592

32.979

East Dunbartonshire

159.115

25.288

East Lothian

144.213

26.182

East Renfrewshire

161.731

16.618

Edinburgh (City of)

339.555

392.404

Eilean Siar

92.669

7.951

Falkirk

217.904

62.582

Fife

466.171

167.299

Glasgow City

867.386

383.943

Highland

323.980

127.906

Inverclyde

144.515

23.735

Midlothian

121.515

31.947

Moray

122.282

36.934

North Ayrshire

230.187

43.101

North Lanarkshire

498.771

122.909

Orkney Islands

60.701

9.528

Perth & Kinross

188.328

59.571

Renfrewshire

207.578

103.321

Scottish Borders

173.319

33.840

Shetland Islands

69.401

16.949

South Ayrshire

159.783

42.851

South Lanarkshire

248.813

317.230

Stirling

120.692

45.580

West Dunbartonshire

104.133

84.385

West Lothian

212.044

94.588

Scotland Total

6,967.027

2,799.500

SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City

136.799

Aberdeenshire

309.990

Angus

173.863

Argyll & Bute

174.740

Clackmannanshire

83.260

Dumfries & Galloway

245.153

Dundee City

235.007

East Ayrshire

196.615

East Dunbartonshire

157.287

East Lothian

145.519

East Renfrewshire

160.697

Edinburgh (City of)

385.758

Eilean Siar

95.868

Falkirk

205.018

Fife

479.958

Glasgow City

908.557

Highland

331.568

Inverclyde

145.360

Midlothian

123.255

Moray

121.959

North Ayrshire

229.237

North Lanarkshire

508.047

Orkney Islands

59.357

Perth & Kinross

193.594

Renfrewshire

207.828

Scottish Borders

175.725

Shetland Islands

69.020

South Ayrshire

159.635

South Lanarkshire

275.118

Stirling

133.693

West Dunbartonshire

111.761

West Lothian

219.341

Scotland Total

7,158.587

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 2015-2016 (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 2014-2015 (article 4 and Schedule 2);...

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