Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 938 (S.80)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997

Made
12th February 1997

Laid before the House of Commons
13th February 1997

Coming into force
5th March 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

Revenue support grant for 1997-98

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1997-98 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1997-98 shall be 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 1997-98

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 1997-98 is £1,326,129,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1997-98 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1997-98 shall be 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 1996-97

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1996-97 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1996-97 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 1994-95

5.  The amount of the revenue support grant payable in respect of the financial year 1994-95 to the Western Isles Islands Council(2) is hereby redetermined at £57,009,000.

Revocations

6.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1996-97) are hereby revoked.

Michael Forsyth
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th February 1997

We consent,

Roger Knapman
Richard Ottaway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th February 1997

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 1997-98

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

Local Authority
Amount of revenue support grant
Amount of non-domestic rate income

£
£

Aberdeen City
117,291,000
56,571,000

Aberdeenshire
131,823,000
58,484,000

Angus
65,750,000
28,856,000

Argyll & Bute
77,375,000
23,574,000

Clackmannanshire
30,968,000
12,604,000

Dumfries & Galloway
102,140,000
38,184,000

Dundee City
115,748,000
38,987,000

East Ayrshire
78,536,000
31,784,000

East Dunbartonshire
54,134,000
28,691,000

East Lothian
51,522,000
22,624,000

East Renfrewshire
42,564,000
22,758,000

City of Edinburgh
250,475,000
115,545,000

Falkirk
84,154,000
36,867,000

Fife
215,793,000
90,774,000

Glasgow City
547,325,000
159,662,000

Highland
167,201,000
53,777,000

Inverclyde
66,632,000
22,897,000

Midlothian
49,600,000
20,623,000

Moray
57,769,000
22,500,000

North Ayrshire
89,917,000
36,020,000

North Lanarkshire
208,074,000
84,355,000

Orkney Islands
31,782,000
5,130,000

Perth & Kinross
73,056,000
34,290,000

Renfrewshire
108,132,000
46,042,000

Scottish Borders
73,826,000
27,418,000

Shetland Islands
48,224,000
5,961,000

South Ayrshire
68,577,000
29,579,000

South Lanarkshire
188,274,000
79,367,000

Stirling
58,573,000
21,242,000

West Dunbartonshire
71,705,000
24,859,000

West Lothian
98,415,000
38,607,000

Western Isles
56,352,000
7,497,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1996-97

Column 1
Column 2

Local Authority
Amount

£

Aberdeen City
125,850,000

Aberdeenshire
130,519,000

Angus
64,065,000

Argyll & Bute
80,684,000

Clackmannanshire
31,752,000

Dumfries & Galloway
103,587,000

Dundee City
118,240,000

East Ayrshire
84,662,000

East Dunbartonshire
59,117,000

East Lothian
51,304,000

East Renfrewshire
45,318,000

City of Edinburgh
249,402,000

Falkirk
85,545,000

Fife
222,540,000

Glasgow City
601,007,000

Highland
173,173,000

Inverclyde
72,150,000

Midlothian
52,152,000

Moray
58,886,000

North Ayrshire
94,665,000

North Lanarkshire
230,599,000

Orkney Islands
31,458,000

Perth & Kinross
73,594,000

Renfrewshire
118,830,000

Scottish Borders
75,586,000

Shetland Islands
40,861,000

South Ayrshire
71,834,000

South Lanarkshire
204,556,000

Stirling
58,780,000

West Dunbartonshire
81,177,000

West Lothian
100,883,000

Western Isles
56,918,000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order–
(a)determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 1997-98 (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 1996-97 (article 4 and Schedule 2);
(d)redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to the Western Isles Islands Council in respect of the financial year 1994-95 (article 5); and
(e)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996 (article 6).


(1)
1992 c. 14.

(2)
This amount was last redetermined by S.I. 1996/755.

(3)
S.I. 1996/755.