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.