Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 1082 (S.59)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998

Made
4th February 1998

Laid before the House of Commons
5th February 1998

Coming into force
20th February 1998

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 1998 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 1998-99

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1998-99 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 1998-99 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 1998-99

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 1998-99 is £1,395,228,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1998-99 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 1998-99 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 1997-98

4.—(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 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 1997-98 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.

Revocations

5.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997(2) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1997-98) are hereby revoked.

Donald Dewar
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd February 1998

We consent,

Graham Allen
James Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
4th February 1998

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 1998-99

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

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

£
£

Aberdeen City
109,882,000
59,112,000

Aberdeenshire
130,769,000
61,879,000

Angus
67,154,805
30,141,000

Argyll & Bute
75,802,000
24,716,000

Clackmannanshire
30,339,000
13,280,000

Dumfries & Galloway
100,755,000
40,159,000

Dundee City
112,790,508
40,880,000

East Ayrshire
81,035,000
33,289,000

East Dunbartonshire
55,125,000
30,133,000

East Lothian
49,339,000
23,981,000

East Renfrewshire
43,401,000
23,965,000

City of Edinburgh
245,911,000
122,123,000

Falkirk
84,546,000
38,918,000

Fife
209,686,000
95,038,000

Glasgow City
544,859,000
167,718,000

Highland
163,152,000
56,783,000

Inverclyde
65,359,000
23,698,000

Midlothian
49,708,000
21,777,000

Moray
55,846,000
23,538,000

North Ayrshire
89,853,000
37,961,000

North Lanarkshire
208,448,000
88,682,000

Orkney Islands
32,763,000
5,387,000

Perth & Kinross
76,507,828
36,070,000

Renfrewshire
107,014,000
48,580,000

Scottish Borders
72,443,000
28,868,000

Shetland Islands
47,915,000
6,263,000

South Ayrshire
67,507,000
31,189,000

South Lanarkshire
183,415,000
83,651,000

Stirling
55,228,000
22,515,000

West Dunbartonshire
69,829,000
26,054,000

West Lothian
97,949,000
41,022,000

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
57,873,694
7,858,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1997-98

Column I
Column 2

Local Authority
Amount

£

Aberdeen City
117,317,000

Aberdeenshire
134,539,000

Angus
66,309,000

Argyll & Bute
77,746,000

Clackmannanshire
31,888,000

Dumfries & Galloway
103,163,000

Dundee City
115,666,000

East Ayrshire
78,628,000

East Dunbartonshire
54,158,000

East Lothian
51,595,000

East Renfrewshire
42,647,000

City of Edinburgh
251,769,000

Falkirk
85,824,000

Fife
216,624,000

Glasgow City
563,237,000

Highland
168,576,000

Inverclyde
66,771,000

Midlothian
50,269,000

Moray
57,924,000

North Ayrshire
90,018,000

North Lanarkshire
210,449,000

Orkney Islands
32,052,000

Perth & Kinross
74,645,000

Renfrewshire
108,166,000

Scottish Borders
74,203,000

Shetland Islands
48,231,000

South Ayrshire
68,632,000

South Lanarkshire
190,271,000

Stirling
60,310,000

West Dunbartonshire
73,528,000

West Lothian
98,300,000

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
57,006,000

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 1998-99 (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 1997-98 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and
(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997 (article 5).


(1)
1992 c. 14.

(2)
S.I. 1997/938.