Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 391 (S.26)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1995

Approved by the House of Commons

Made
1st February 1995

Laid before the House of Commons
2nd February 1995

Coming into force
16th February 1995

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 1995 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 1995-96

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1995-96 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 1995-96 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 1995-96

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 1995-96 is £1,193,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1995-96 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1995-96 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revenue support grant for 1994-95

4.  The amount of the revenue support grant payable in respect of the financial year 1994-95(2)to—

(a)West Lothian District Council is hereby redetermined at £20,200,671; and

(b)Western Isles Islands Council is hereby redetermined at £56,914,000.

Revenue support grant for 1993-94

5.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1993-94 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 1993-94 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations

6.  Article 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1994 (which previously redetermined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 1993-94)(3)are hereby revoked.

Ian Lang
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st January 1995

We consent,

Timothy Kirkhope
A J B Mitchell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st February 1995

Articles 2 and 5

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1995-96 AND 1993-94

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

Local Authority
Amount 1995-96
Amount 1993-94

£
£

Regional Councils

Borders
66,419,000
64,910,000

Central
145,042,000
137,155,000

Dumfries & Galloway
91,584,000
87,938,000

Fife
189,403,000
180,623,000

Grampian
262,989,000
251,408,000

Highland
152,346,000
147,575,000

Lothian
361,078,000
342,015,000

Strathclyde
1,338,675,000
1,276,014,000

Tayside
218,562,000
206,427,000

District Councils

Berwickshire
2,327,000
2,202,000

Ettrick & Lauderdale
3,887,000
3,636,000

Roxburgh
4,510,000
4,136,000

Tweeddale
1,990,000
1,556,000

Clackmannan
6,687,000
6,931,000

Falkirk
18,126,000
18,604,000

Stirling
13,146,000
13,247,000

Annandale & Eskdale
3,637,000
3,742,000

Nithsdale
6,385,000
6,349,000

Stewartry
2,270,000
2,298,000

Wigtown
3,928,000
4,027,000

Dunfermline
15,209,000
15,828,000

Kirkcaldy
19,022,000
19,084,000

North East Fife
9,471,000
8,909,000

Aberdeen City
29,296,000
31,449,000

Banff & Buchan
10,485,000
10,289,000

Gordon
8,857,000
8,761,000

Kincardine & Deeside
5,926,000
5,368,000

Moray
11,306,000
10,784,000

Badenoch & Strathspey
1,501,000
1,164,000

Caithness
3,485,000
3,513,000

Inverness
7,225,000
6,440,000

Lochaber
3,245,000
2,893,000

Nairn
1,215,000
1,084,000

Ross & Cromarty
8,679,000
7,959,000

Skye & Lochalsh
2,447,000
2,185,000

Sutherland
2,347,000
2,165,000

East Lothian
11,496,000
11,522,000

Edinburgh City
80,195,000
78,221,000

Midlothian
9,928,000
10,636,000

West Lothian
19,709,000
20,022,000

Argyll & Bute
14,463,000
13,571,000

Bearsden & Milngavie
3,925,000
4,110,000

Clydebank
7,254,000
7,935,000

Clydesdale
7,969,000
8,030,000

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
7,735,000
7,769,000

Cumnock & Doon Valley
5,947,000
6,116,000

Cunninghame
20,550,000
20,777,000

Dumbarton
9,970,000
10,153,000

East Kilbride
10,838,000
9,008,000

Eastwood
4,696,000
4,941,000

Glasgow City
151,054,000
157,904,000

Hamilton
15,720,000
14,765,000

Inverclyde
15,748,000
14,563,000

Kilmarnock & Loudoun
10,468,000
10,473,000

Kyle & Carrick
14,217,000
14,931,000

Monklands
16,339,000
18,035,000

Motherwell
21,122,000
22,277,000

Renfrew
27,501,000
29,683,000

Strathkelvin
10,134,000
10,729,000

Angus
11,002,000
11,049,000

Dundee City
27,894,000
30,136,000

Perth & Kinross
16,196,000
15,870,000

Islands Councils

Orkney
31,631,000
28,875,000

Shetland
41,698,000
36,435,000

Western Isles
58,205,000
54,923,000

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 1995-96

Column 1
Column 2

Local Authority
Amount

£

Regional Councils

Borders
24,535,000

Central
63,585,000

Dumfries and Galloway
34,461,000

Fife
81,829,000

Grampian
123,047,000

Highland
48,207,000

Lothian
175,658,000

Strathclyde
532,822,000

Tayside
92,081,000

Islands Councils

Orkney
4,604,000

Shetland
5,319,000

Western Isles
6,852,000

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 1995-96 (article 2 and Schedule 1);
(b)determines the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each regional and islands council in respect of that year (article 3 and Schedule 2);
(c)redetermines the amount of revenue support grant payable to two councils in respect of the financial year 1994-95 (article 4); and
(d)redetermines for the second time the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 1993-94 and makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1994 (articles 5 and 6 and Schedule 1).


(1)
1992 c. 14.

(2)
Revenue support grant for 1994-95 was originally determined by S.I. 1994/528.

(3)
S.I. 1994/528.