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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 71

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2024

Made

29th February 2024

Coming into force

1st March 2024

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 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 2024 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2024-2025

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 are specified in column 1 of schedule 1.

(2) The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 is the amount set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2024-2025

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 2024-2025 is £3,068,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2024-2025 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 2024-2025 is the amount set out in column 3 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 2023-2024 – redetermination

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 are specified in column 1 of schedule 2.

(2) The amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 is the amount set out in column 2 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations

5.  Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023(3) are revoked.

TOM ARTHUR

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th February 2024

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2024-2025

Column 1

Local authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Column 3

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£m

Aberdeen City244.596208.768
Aberdeenshire440.076131.630
Angus237.57529.304
Argyll & Bute199.46941.334
Clackmannanshire103.83719.659
Dumfries & Galloway306.83863.708
Dundee City300.82273.695
East Ayrshire268.57633.530
East Dunbartonshire225.71125.901
East Lothian177.45659.925
East Renfrewshire222.74815.941
Edinburgh, City of581.234407.645
Eilean Siar101.1489.722
Falkirk291.83772.962
Fife715.196143.471
Glasgow City1,189.050386.817
Highland419.579160.345
Inverclyde187.80420.298
Midlothian182.76734.944
Moray147.01567.225
North Ayrshire309.08943.129
North Lanarkshire688.139120.743
Orkney Islands67.87112.176
Perth & Kinross274.20164.717
Renfrewshire307.567107.505
Scottish Borders231.58842.222
Shetland Islands61.41227.348
South Ayrshire223.86446.075
South Lanarkshire372.690366.059
Stirling170.41947.768
West Dunbartonshire150.13887.481
West Lothian324.86595.953
Scotland Total9,725.1773,068.000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2023-2024

Column 1

Local authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City165.776
Aberdeenshire394.169
Angus220.901
Argyll & Bute187.193
Clackmannanshire98.221
Dumfries & Galloway287.684
Dundee City279.360
East Ayrshire252.184
East Dunbartonshire210.201
East Lothian159.356
East Renfrewshire206.959
Edinburgh, City of552.075
Eilean Siar99.168
Falkirk268.191
Fife607.050
Glasgow City1,135.462
Highland388.842
Inverclyde175.324
Midlothian163.578
Moray147.037
North Ayrshire286.287
North Lanarkshire619.609
Orkney Islands65.147
Perth & Kinross254.981
Renfrewshire253.488
Scottish Borders218.189
Shetland Islands61.703
South Ayrshire204.194
South Lanarkshire349.979
Stirling157.196
West Dunbartonshire132.354
West Lothian307.347
Scotland Total8,909.205

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 2024-2025 (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 2023-2024 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d)makes consequential revocations of article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023, which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 (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 section 118(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

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