
2018 No. 91
Local Government
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018
Made 8th March 2018
Coming into force 9th March 2018
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  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
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This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Revenue support grant for 2018-2019
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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2018-2019
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(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 2018-2019 is £2,636,000,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 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 2017-2018
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(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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
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Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017  (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2017-2018) are revoked.
DEREK MACKAY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2018-2019

Articles 2 and 3

Column 1 ... Column 3
Local Authority ... Amount of non‑domestic rate income
 ... £m
Aberdeen City . . . 227.801
Aberdeenshire . . . 110.710
Angus . . . 25.101
Argyll & Bute . . . 33.035
Clackmannanshire . . . 15.326
Dumfries & Galloway . . . 44.229
Dundee City . . . 55.553
East Ayrshire . . . 26.073
East Dunbartonshire . . . 21.791
East Lothian . . . 23.744
East Renfrewshire . . . 14.318
Edinburgh (City of) . . . 340.474
Eilean Siar . . . 7.702
Falkirk . . . 65.958
Fife . . . 154.138
Glasgow City . . . 340.778
Highland . . . 126.537
Inverclyde . . . 18.363
Midlothian . . . 28.115
Moray . . . 40.151
North Ayrshire . . . 39.471
North Lanarkshire . . . 104.339
Orkney Islands . . . 9.376
Perth & Kinross . . . 51.953
Renfrewshire . . . 120.105
Scottish Borders . . . 32.790
Shetland Islands . . . 23.852
South Ayrshire . . . 38.299
South Lanarkshire . . . 295.500
Stirling . . . 42.273
West Dunbartonshire . . . 78.812
West Lothian . . . 79.333
Scotland Total . . . 2,636.000
SCHEDULE 2
REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2017-2018

Article 4

Column 1 Column 2
Local Authority Amount of revenue support grant
 £m
Aberdeen City 116.541
Aberdeenshire 312.589
Angus 168.576
Argyll & Bute 162.798
Clackmannanshire 77.529
Dumfries & Galloway 233.367
Dundee City 217.465
East Ayrshire 190.949
East Dunbartonshire 159.146
East Lothian 143.430
East Renfrewshire 161.493
Edinburgh (City of) 345.757
Eilean Siar 86.251
Falkirk 205.396
Fife 448.957
Glasgow City 834.785
Highland 314.143
Inverclyde 138.971
Midlothian 122.372
Moray 121.061
North Ayrshire 224.701
North Lanarkshire 485.511
Orkney Islands 57.643
Perth & Kinross 190.637
Renfrewshire 201.151
Scottish Borders 167.744
Shetland Islands 57.428
South Ayrshire 156.390
South Lanarkshire 256.865
Stirling 120.712
West Dunbartonshire 105.129
West Lothian 213.469
Scotland Total 6,798.956