
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.
(2) In this Order–
 “the 1963 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963;
 “the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966;
 “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
 “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
 “the 1982 Act” means the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982;
 “the 1984 Act” means the Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984;
 “the 1985 No. 4 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 4) Order 1985; and
 “the 1986 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1986.
2 

(1) The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,896,760,000.
(2) The amounts of the needs element and the domestic element and the estimated amountof the resources element of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88 shall be the amounts set out in the following table:–

 £
Amount of the needs element 1,608,560,000
Amount of the domestic element 91,100,000
Estimated amount of the resources element 197,100,000
3 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
4 
The amount prescribed for the year 1987-88 for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1966 Act (reduction of rates on dwellings by reference to the domestic element) shall be 7 pence in the pound, being the amount which in my opinion corresponds to the amount of the domestic element for that year, as prescribed by article 2(2) of this Order.
5 
For the purposes of section 9(3) of the 1963 Act (definition of standard penny rate Scotland in relation to 30th June 1985 and the national standard amount per head for the year 1987-88 shall be such as will result as nearly as may be in the distribution of the whole of the resources element for that year.
6 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1986-87 (which was fixed as £1,636,083,991 by article 2 of the 1986 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,636,183,991.
7 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £1,359,583,991 by article 3 of the 1986 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,360,583,991.
8 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
9 
The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1986-87, which was prescribed as £185,200,000 by article 2(2) of the 1985 No. 4 Order, is hereby varied to £184,300,000.
10 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1985-86 (which was fixed as £1,692,749,142 by article 5 of the 1986 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,700,108,228.
11 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86, which was varied to £1,383,949,142 by article 6 of the 1986 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,391,308,228.
12 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
13 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1984-85 (which was fixed as £1,671,517,328 by article 11 of the 1985 No. 4 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,671,736,538.
14 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85 which was varied to £1,442,117,328 by article 12 of the 1985 No. 4 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,442,336,538.
15 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 5 to this Order the amount of needs element for the year 1984-85 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority which amounts are, in total, £1,440,036,538.
16 
Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1986 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1986-87), article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1985-86) and article 13 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1985 No. 4 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1984-85) are hereby revoked.
Malcolm Rifkind
One of Her Majesty’s PrincipalSecretaries of State
New St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th January 1987We consent,
Peter Lloyd
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
2nd February 1987
SCHEDULE 1


(1) (2) (3)
Relevant enactment conferring power Relevant amending enactment Relevant provision of this Order
Section 9(5) of the 1963 Act. Section 13 of the 1966 Act.  Paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 6 to the 1975 Act. Article 5.
Section 2(4) of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Article 2(2).
Section 3 of the 1966 Act. Section 120(1)(a) of the 1973 Act.  Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.  Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act. Articles 2(1), 6, 10 and 13.
Sections 4 and 45(2) of the 1966 Act. Section 3 of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act. Articles 7, 9, 11, 14 and 16.
Paragraph 3, as read with paragraph 3A, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act. Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act.  Section 1(1) of the 1984 Act. Articles 3, 8, 12, 15 and Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Article 4.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


(1) (2)
Authority Amount £
 Regional Councils
Borders 32,105,330
Central 69,323,590
Dumfries and Galloway 44,173,290
Fife 91,312,733
Grampian 137,202,042
Highland 80,804,146
Lothian 172,936,521
Strathclyde 715,092,141
Tayside 104,991,270
 District Councils
Berwickshire 213,835
Ettrick and Lauderdale 383,018
Roxburgh 887,561
Tweeddale 166,888
Clackmannan 549,295
Falkirk 1,650,467
Stirling 933,493
Annandale and Eskdale 413,507
Nithsdale 657,168
Stewartry 265,232
Wigtown 349,710
Dunfermline 1,485,223
Kirkcaldy 1,953,516
North East Fife 759,010
Aberdeen City 4,180,520
Banff and Buchan 958,713
Gordon 806,970
Kincardine and Deeside 537,904
Moray 977,378
Badenoch and Strathspey 120,125
Caithness 478,375
Inverness 676,472
Lochaber 284,064
Nairn 117,071
Ross and Cromarty 1,028,758
Skye and Lochalsh 237,359
Sutherland 405,867
East Lothian 944,896
Edinburgh City 12,513,104
Midlothian 936,546
West Lothian 1,631,730
Argyll and Bute 2,630,941
Bearsden and Milngavie 559,180
Clydebank 3,075,044
Clydesdale 669,933
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 724,204
Cumnock and Doon Valley 912,041
Cunninghame 1,932,617
Dumbarton 1,006,527
East Kilbride 942,090
Eastwood 638,522
Glasgow City 42,525,369
Hamilton 1,237,428
Inverclyde 2,453,304
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,012,858
Kyle and Carrick 1,379,049
Monklands 2,470,557
Motherwell 2,354,567
Renfrew 4,396,435
Strathkelvin 1,111,105
Angus 1,084,667
Dundee City 5,741,682
Perth and Kinross 1,407,344
 Islands Councils
Orkney 9,247,635
Shetland 10,925,602
Western Isles 22,676,461
SCHEDULE 3
Article 8


(1) (2)
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 29,323,241
Central 62,885,461
Dumfries and Galloway 40,268,343
Fife 79,847,952
Grampian 126,200,331
Highland 75,957,220
Lothian 140,814,750
Strathclyde 580,784,554
Tayside 97,678,811
District Councils
Berwickshire 195,923
Ettrick and Lauderdale 355,587
Roxburgh 870,401
Tweeddale 155,344
Clackmannan 522,248
Falkirk 1,541,190
Stirling 313,713
Annandale and Eskdale 386,290
Nithsdale 613,258
Stewartry 244,756
Wigtown 324,781
Dunfermline 1,396,520
Kirkcaldy 1,918,512
North East Fife 707,474
Aberdeen City 2,638,132
Banff and Buchan 895,500
Gordon 739,899
Kincardine and Deeside 412,947
Moray 799,862
Badenoch and Strathspey 109,959
Caithness 456,268
Inverness 629,465
Lochaber 278,416
Nairn 108,750
Ross and Cromarty 1,000,356
Skye and Lochalsh 230,218
Sutherland 397,898
East Lothian 869,452
Edinburgh City 289,829
Midlothian 564,651
West Lothian 1,271,240
Argyll and Bute 2,583,256
Bearsden and Milngavie 546,625
Clydebank 2,712,070
Clydesdale 573,021
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 662,971
Cumnock and Doon Valley 666,144
Cunninghame 1,636,194
Dumbarton 648,397
East Kilbride 865,567
Eastwood 597,377
Glasgow City 34,491,402
Hamilton 1,160,494
Inverclyde 1,935,430
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 507,623
Kyle and Carrick 1,217,424
Monklands 2,255,479
Motherwell 2,307,889
Renfrew 3,723,983
Strathkelvin 1,049,427
Angus 1,014,292
Dundee City 4,670,768
Perth and Kinross 1,295,184
Islands Councils
Orkney 7,592,938
Shetland 10,045,627
Western Isles 20,824,907
SCHEDULE 4
Article 12


(1) (2)
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 26,816,364
Central 59,613,657
Dumfries and Galloway 35,235,557
Fife 75,875,090
Grampian 121,203,862
Highland 70,514,161
Lothian 158,939,636
Strathclyde 623,800,433
Tayside 91,378,650
District Councils
Berwickshire 180,478
Ettrick and Lauderdale 326,658
Roxburgh 965,631
Tweeddale 141,209
Clackmannan 233,688
Falkirk 1,636,010
Stirling 847,880
Annandale and Eskdale 351,308
Nithsdale 514,800
Stewartry 115,790
Wigtown 297,607
Dunfermline 1,335,903
Kirkcaldy 2,064,639
North East Fife 688,098
Aberdeen City 3,523,437
Banff and Buchan 730,967
Gordon 610,569
Kincardine and Deeside 427,525
Moray 720,042
Badenoch and Strathspey 100,556
Caithness 486,685
Inverness 488,571
Lochaber 309,050
Nairn  98,630
Ross and Cromarty 1,263,378
Skye and Lochalsh 223,790
Sutherland 357,094
East Lothian 870,004
Edinburgh City 9,566,739
Midlothian 512,259
West Lothian 1,116,975
Argyll and Bute 2,575,310
Bearsden and Milngavie 607,354
Clydebank 2,095,956
Clydesdale 611,848
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 546,663
Cumnock and Doon Valley 682,700
Cunninghame 1,185,275
Dumbarton 853,477
East Kilbride 889,691
Eastwood 575,477
Glasgow City 31,804,085
Hamilton 214,962
Inverclyde 1,976,362
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,011,967
Kyle and Carrick 1,183,733
Monklands 2,124,931
Motherwell 2,007,042
Renfrew 2,393,715
Strathkelvin 1,151,538
Angus 982,510
Dundee City 4,552,965
Perth and Kinross 1,252,076
Islands Councils
Orkney 7,459,314
Shetland 9,961,998
Western Isles 18,123,899
SCHEDULE 5
Article 15


(1) (2)
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 25,558,996
Central 64,944,416
Dumfries and Galloway 33,419,058
Fife 74,084,917
Grampian 119,540,756
Highland 66,913,532
Lothian 168,817,955
Strathclyde 643,345,094
Tayside 88,129,308
District Councils
Berwickshire 318,953
Ettrick and Lauderdale 669,381
Roxburgh 695,896
Tweeddale 248,509
Clackmannan 995,233
Falkirk 3,048,781
Stirling 1,202,476
Annandale and Eskdale 600,790
Nithsdale 990,469
Stewartry 397,994
Wigtown 524,799
Dunfermline 2,667,531
Kirkcaldy 3,626,230
North East Fife 1,375,941
Aberdeen City 5,504,703
Banff and Buchan 1,749,273
Gordon 1,423,608
Kincardine and Deeside 832,392
Moray 1,614,640
Badenoch and Strathspey 205,041
Caithness 464,671
Inverness 794,371
Lochaber 446,830
Nairn 141,535
Ross and Cromarty 978,514
Skye and Lochalsh 221,573
Sutherland 310,156
East Lothian 1,315,158
Edinburgh City 6,601,217
Midlothian 1,108,356
West Lothian 2,586,591
Argyll and Bute 2,034,939
Bearsden and Milngavie 1,022,037
Clydebank 1,748,972
Clydesdale 1,213,497
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,316,956
Cumnock and Doon Valley 1,110,728
Cunninghame 2,724,130
Dumbarton 1,505,228
East Kilbride 1,751,701
Eastwood 930,284
Glasgow City 31,552,557
Hamilton 1,535,568
Inverclyde 2,542,744
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,952,872
Kyle and Carrick 2,382,325
Monklands 2,631,792
Motherwell 3,573,036
Renfrew 4,358,739
Strathkelvin 1,930,764
Angus 1,955,642
Dundee City 3,886,080
Perth and Kinross 2,515,804
Islands Councils
Orkney 7,690,279
Shetland 10,243,710
Western Isles 17,510,510