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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 44

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013

Made

7th February 2013

Coming into force

8th February 2013

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 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2013-2014

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2013-14 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 2013-2014 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 2013-2014

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 2013-2014 is £2,435,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 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 2012-2013

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 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 2012(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2012-2013) are revoked.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th February 2013

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2013-2014

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grantAmount of non‑domestic rate income
££
Aberdeen City138,066,000177,084,000
Aberdeenshire314,199,00078,947,000
Angus169,951,00025,764,000
Argyll & Bute173,688,00028,492,000
Clackmannanshire79,952,00011,872,000
Dumfries & Galloway239,962,00044,549,000
Dundee City227,419,00053,951,000
East Ayrshire190,008,00028,546,000
East Dunbartonshire152,272,00022,885,000
East Lothian140,361,00023,134,000
East Renfrewshire155,646,00013,924,000
Edinburgh, City of385,872,000334,630,000
Eilean Siar95,925,0006,475,000
Falkirk199,233,00068,291,000
Fife466,261,000145,816,000
Glasgow City887,905,000333,668,000
Highland326,781,000114,154,000
Inverclyde141,831,00020,869,000
Midlothian119,844,00026,665,000
Moray118,840,00030,668,000
North Ayrshire222,263,00036,943,000
North Lanarkshire495,643,000109,179,000
Orkney Islands58,805,0008,827,000
Perth & Kinross187,758,00050,928,000
Renfrewshire203,311,00097,709,000
Scottish Borders171,934,00028,503,000
Shetland Islands70,061,00016,177,000
South Ayrshire154,525,00039,642,000
South Lanarkshire274,162,000273,224,000
Stirling129,854,00029,948,000
West Dunbartonshire111,841,00072,189,000
West Lothian212,613,00081,347,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2012-2013

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£

Aberdeen City179,793,000
Aberdeenshire342,385,000
Angus182,371,000
Argyll & Bute188,709,000
Clackmannanshire84,951,000
Dumfries & Galloway261,974,000
Dundee City250,658,000
East Ayrshire202,122,000
East Dunbartonshire164,987,000
East Lothian149,344,000
East Renfrewshire165,977,000
Edinburgh, City of462,966,000
Eilean Siar101,366,000
Falkirk219,926,000
Fife511,879,000
Glasgow City998,836,000
Highland364,802,000
Inverclyde154,340,000
Midlothian127,806,000
Moray131,865,000
North Ayrshire238,874,000
North Lanarkshire536,064,000
Orkney Islands62,244,000
Perth & Kinross204,972,000
Renfrewshire232,096,000
Scottish Borders188,710,000
Shetland Islands75,977,000
South Ayrshire167,337,000
South Lanarkshire318,310,000
Stirling143,733,000
West Dunbartonshire131,334,000
West Lothian232,702,000

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 2013-2014 (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 2012-2013 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012 (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.2012/41; Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I.2012/94.