
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 
The amount of the revenue support grant payable in respect of the financial year 1994-95 to the Western Isles Islands Council is hereby redetermined at £57,009,000.
6 
Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996 (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 1997We consent,
Roger Knapman
Richard Ottaway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th February 1997
SCHEDULE 1
Articles 2 and 3


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
SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


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