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The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014 No. 36

Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2014 No.  

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

Made

2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

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 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2014-2015

2.—(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 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 2014-2015 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 2014-2015

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 2014-2015 is £2,649,500,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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 2013-2014

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 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 2013(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2013-2014) are revoked.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2014-2015

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grantAmount of non‑domestic rate income
££
Aberdeen City121,104,000192,684,000
Aberdeenshire307,797,00085,901,000
Angus166,016,00028,033,000
Argyll & Bute167,121,00031,002,000
Clackmannanshire78,007,00012,918,000
Dumfries & Galloway232,852,00048,474,000
Dundee City216,831,00058,704,000
East Ayrshire182,887,00031,060,000
East Dunbartonshire148,689,00024,901,000
East Lothian137,003,00025,172,000
East Renfrewshire153,288,00015,151,000
Edinburgh (City of)346,314,000364,108,000
Eilean Siar93,634,0007,046,000
Falkirk191,460,00074,307,000
Fife447,570,000158,661,000
Glasgow City820,561,000363,061,000
Highland312,742,000124,210,000
Inverclyde135,817,00022,707,000
Midlothian115,266,00029,013,000
Moray115,766,00033,370,000
North Ayrshire213,185,00040,197,000
North Lanarkshire472,730,000118,797,000
Orkney Islands58,035,0009,604,000
Perth & Kinross183,164,00055,415,000
Renfrewshire187,197,000106,316,000
Scottish Borders167,381,00031,013,000
Shetland Islands67,738,00017,602,000
South Ayrshire147,488,00043,134,000
South Lanarkshire244,215,000297,292,000
Stirling125,884,00032,586,000
West Dunbartonshire98,929,00078,548,000
West Lothian203,588,00088,513,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2013-2014

Column 1Column 2
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grant
£
Aberdeen City139,980,000
Aberdeenshire318,260,000
Angus172,683,000
Argyll & Bute175,859,000
Clackmannanshire81,738,000
Dumfries & Galloway244,446,000
Dundee City230,922,000
East Ayrshire192,859,000
East Dunbartonshire155,666,000
East Lothian143,282,000
East Renfrewshire158,759,000
Edinburgh, City of397,339,000
Eilean Siar96,777,000
Falkirk203,679,000
Fife476,205,000
Glasgow City904,132,000
Highland333,805,000
Inverclyde143,966,000
Midlothian122,045,000
Moray120,071,000
North Ayrshire225,726,000
North Lanarkshire506,081,000
Orkney Islands59,501,000
Perth & Kinross191,804,000
Renfrewshire208,833,000
Scottish Borders175,055,000
Shetland Islands70,766,000
South Ayrshire157,788,000
South Lanarkshire282,125,000
Stirling133,360,000
West Dunbartonshire114,389,000
West Lothian217,160,000

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 2014-2015 (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 2013-2014 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 (article 5).

(1)

1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2013/44. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2013/107.

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