
2015 No. 56
Local Government
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015
Made 10th February 2015
Coming into force 11th February 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 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, 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 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Revenue support grant for 2015-2016
2 
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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2015-2016
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 2015-2016 is £2,788,500,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 is 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 2014-2015
4 

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2.
(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 is 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 2014 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2014-2015) are revoked.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
10th February 2015
SCHEDULE 1
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016
Articles 2 and 3


Column 1 ... Column 3
Local Authority ... Amount of non-domestic rate income
 ... £m
Aberdeen City . . . 210.116
Aberdeenshire . . . 92.096
Angus . . . 30.792
Argyll & Bute . . . 27.840
Clackmannanshire . . . 15.853
Dumfries & Galloway . . . 50.827
Dundee City . . . 60.431
East Ayrshire . . . 32.850
East Dunbartonshire . . . 25.188
East Lothian . . . 26.079
East Renfrewshire . . . 16.553
Edinburgh (City of) . . . 390.862
Eilean Siar . . . 7.920
Falkirk . . . 62.336
Fife . . . 166.642
Glasgow City . . . 382.435
Highland . . . 127.403
Inverclyde . . . 23.642
Midlothian . . . 31.822
Moray . . . 36.789
North Ayrshire . . . 42.931
North Lanarkshire . . . 122.426
Orkney Islands . . . 9.490
Perth & Kinross . . . 59.337
Renfrewshire . . . 102.915
Scottish Borders . . . 33.707
Shetland Islands . . . 16.882
South Ayrshire . . . 42.683
South Lanarkshire . . . 315.984
Stirling . . . 45.400
West Dunbartonshire . . . 84.053
West Lothian . . . 94.216
Scotland Total . . . 2,788.500
SCHEDULE 2
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015
Article 4


Column 1 Column 2
Local Authority Amount of revenue support grant
 £m
Aberdeen City 137.000
Aberdeenshire 310.390
Angus 174.018
Argyll & Bute 174.877
Clackmannanshire 83.321
Dumfries & Galloway 245.386
Dundee City 235.185
East Ayrshire 196.782
East Dunbartonshire 157.388
East Lothian 145.644
East Renfrewshire 160.788
Edinburgh (City of) 386.311
Eilean Siar 95.921
Falkirk 205.188
Fife 480.396
Glasgow City 909.250
Highland 331.930
Inverclyde 145.447
Midlothian 123.352
Moray 122.085
North Ayrshire 229.412
North Lanarkshire 508.442
Orkney Islands 59.398
Perth & Kinross 193.800
Renfrewshire 208.008
Scottish Borders 175.890
Shetland Islands 69.072
South Ayrshire 159.766
South Lanarkshire 275.489
Stirling 133.829
West Dunbartonshire 111.863
West Lothian 219.549
Scotland Total 7,165.177