The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023 No. 68

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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 68

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2023

Made

2nd March 2023

Coming into force

3rd March 2023

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 2023 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2023-2024

2.—(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 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 2023-2024 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 2023-2024

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 2023-2024 is £3,047,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 is the amount set out in column 3 of that schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Redetermination of revenue support grant for 2022-2023

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 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 2022( 3) are revoked.

TOM ARTHUR

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2nd March 2023

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2023-2024

Column 1

Local Authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Column 3

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£m

Aberdeen City 151.879 257.797
Aberdeenshire 371.196 134.839
Angus 213.545 27.934
Argyll & Bute 184.121 37.645
Clackmannanshire 93.780 17.764
Dumfries & Galloway 276.499 60.313
Dundee City 267.885 73.704
East Ayrshire 242.346 30.467
East Dunbartonshire 196.770 24.099
East Lothian 149.564 58.108
East Renfrewshire 196.219 15.695
Edinburgh, City of 519.171 377.317
Eilean Siar 95.793 9.106
Falkirk 256.021 75.322
Fife 599.616 172.108
Glasgow City 1,081.275 358.472
Highland 372.126 156.979
Inverclyde 169.386 21.333
Midlothian 155.215 35.215
Moray 137.940 55.314
North Ayrshire 276.680 43.955
North Lanarkshire 607.439 121.640
Orkney Islands 62.150 11.473
Perth & Kinross 242.221 60.754
Renfrewshire 238.261 131.323
Scottish Borders 209.018 37.818
Shetland Islands 58.345 24.302
South Ayrshire 195.165 47.708
South Lanarkshire 319.072 341.536
Stirling 152.856 45.636
West Dunbartonshire 122.920 93.396
West Lothian 291.304 87.928
Scotland Total 8,505.778 3,047.000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2022-2023

Column 1

Local Authority

Column 2

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City 135.772
Aberdeenshire 372.924
Angus 220.480
Argyll & Bute 191.979
Clackmannanshire 95.864
Dumfries & Galloway 291.937
Dundee City 315.925
East Ayrshire 255.745
East Dunbartonshire 210.391
East Lothian 182.376
East Renfrewshire 205.587
Edinburgh, City of 654.430
Eilean Siar 97.813
Falkirk 260.070
Fife 609.335
Glasgow City 1,159.207
Highland 397.858
Inverclyde 179.255
Midlothian 169.732
Moray 142.533
North Ayrshire 289.389
North Lanarkshire 635.874
Orkney Islands 60.701
Perth & Kinross 259.507
Renfrewshire 271.055
Scottish Borders 216.297
Shetland Islands 48.429
South Ayrshire 216.211
South Lanarkshire 254.817
Stirling 165.248
West Dunbartonshire 114.402
West Lothian 306.229
Scotland Total 8,987.373

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 2023-2024 (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 2022-2023 (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 2022, which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2022-2023 (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 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).


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