Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1082 (S.59)

      The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1998 No. 1082 (S.59)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998

  Made 4th February 1998 
  Laid before the House of Commons 5th February 1998 
  Coming into force 20th February 1998 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

Revenue support grant for 1998-99
    
2.  - (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1998-99 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 1998-99 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.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 1998-99
    
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 1998-99 is £1,395,228,000.

    (2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1998-99 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 1998-99 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.

Revenue support grant for 1997-98
    
4.  - (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 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 1997-98 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.

Revocations
    
5. Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997[2] (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1997-98) are hereby revoked.


Donald Dewar
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
3rd February 1998



We consent,


Graham Allen

James Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

4th February 1998



SCHEDULE 1
Articles 2 and 3


REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 1998-99


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Local Authority Amount of revenue support grant Amount of non-domestic rate income
  £ £
Aberdeen City 109,882,000 59,112,000
Aberdeenshire 130,769,000 61,879,000
Angus 67,154,805 30,141,000
Argyll & Bute 75,802,000 24,716,000
Clackmannanshire 30,339,000 13,280,000
Dumfries & Galloway 100,755,000 40,159,000
Dundee City 112,790,508 40,880,000
East Ayrshire 81,035,000 33,289,000
East Dunbartonshire 55,125,000 30,133,000
East Lothian 49,339,000 23,981,000
East Renfrewshire 43,401,000 23,965,000
City of Edinburgh 245,911,000 122,123,000
Falkirk 84,546,000 38,918,000
Fife 209,686,000 95,038,000
Glasgow City 544,859,000 167,718,000
Highland 163,152,000 56,783,000
Inverclyde 65,359,000 23,698,000
Midlothian 49,708,000 21,777,000
Moray 55,846,000 23,538,000
North Ayrshire 89,853,000 37,961,000
North Lanarkshire 208,448,000 88,682,000
Orkney Islands 32,763,000 5,387,000
Perth & Kinross 76,507,828 36,070,000
Renfrewshire 107,014,000 48,580,000
Scottish Borders 72,443,000 28,868,000
Shetland Islands 47,915,000 6,263,000
South Ayrshire 67,507,000 31,189,000
South Lanarkshire 183,415,000 83,651,000
Stirling 55,228,000 22,515,000
West Dunbartonshire 69,829,000 26,054,000
West Lothian 97,949,000 41,022,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 57,873,694 7,858,000



SCHEDULE 2
Article 4


REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1997-98


Column I Column 2
Local Authority Amount
  £
Aberdeen City 117,317,000
Aberdeenshire 134,539,000
Angus 66,309,000
Argyll & Bute 77,746,000
Clackmannanshire 31,888,000
Dumfries & Galloway 103,163,000
Dundee City 115,666,000
East Ayrshire 78,628,000
East Dunbartonshire 54,158,000
East Lothian 51,595,000
East Renfrewshire 42,647,000
City of Edinburgh 251,769,000
Falkirk 85,824,000
Fife 216,624,000
Glasgow City 563,237,000
Highland 168,576,000
Inverclyde 66,771,000
Midlothian 50,269,000
Moray 57,924,000
North Ayrshire 90,018,000
North Lanarkshire 210,449,000
Orkney Islands 32,052,000
Perth & Kinross 74,645,000
Renfrewshire 108,166,000
Scottish Borders 74,203,000
Shetland Islands 48,231,000
South Ayrshire 68,632,000
South Lanarkshire 190,271,000
Stirling 60,310,000
West Dunbartonshire 73,528,000
West Lothian 98,300,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 57,006,000



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 1998-99 (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 1997-98 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

    (d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1997 (article 5).


Notes:

[1] 1992 c.14.back

[2] S.I. 1997/938.back



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