1987 No. 1329 (S.93)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
The Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987
Approved by the House of Commons
Made 5th May 1987
Laid before the House of Commons 11th May 1987
Coming into force 21st July 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the enactments set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, 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 concerned and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

1 Title, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1987 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 In this Order–
“the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966();
“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973();
“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975();
“the 1982 Act” means the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982();
“the 1984 Act” means the Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984(); and
“the 1987 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987().
1966 c. 51.
1973 c. 65.
1975 c. 30.
1982 c. 43.
1984 c. 31.
S.I.1987/275.

2 Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1987-88
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88 (which was fixed as £1,896,760,000 by article 2(1) of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,694,470,307.

Variation of needs element for 1987-88 and its apportionment
3 The amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £1,608,560,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £1,406,270,307.
4 There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

5 Redetermined estimated aggregate grants for 1986-87
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1986-87 (which was fixed as £1,636,183,991 by article 6 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,664,415,021.

Variation of needs element for 1986-87 and its apportionment
6 The amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £1,360,583,991 by article 7 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,388,815,021.
7 There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.

8 Revocation
Article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1987 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1987-88) and Article 8 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1986-87) are hereby revoked.
Malcolm Rifkind One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State New St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 30th April 1987
We consent, Mark Lennox-Boyd
Michael Neubert Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th May 1987
SCHEDULE 1
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Relevant enactment conferring power	Relevant amending enactment	Relevant provision of this order
Section 3 of the 1966 Act.	Section 120(1)(a) of the 1973 Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act.	Articles 2 and 5.
Sections 4 and 45(2) of the 1966 Act.	Section 3 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, the 1982 Act.	Articles 3, 6 and 8.
Paragraph 3, as read with paragraph 3A, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act.	Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Section 1(1) of the 1984 Act.	Articles 4 and 7.

SCHEDULE 2 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1987-88
Article 4
Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	32,105,330
Central	65,455,223
Dumfries and Galloway	44,173,290
Fife	77,590,983
Grampian	137,202,042
Highland	79,672,533
Lothian	121,684,271
Strathclyde	620,571,141
Tayside	102,193,180
District Councils
Berwickshire	140,335
Ettrick and Lauderdale	383,018
Roxburgh	887,561
Tweeddale	166,888
Clackmannan	0
Falkirk	1,650,467
Stirling	0
Annandale and Eskdale	373,910
Nithsdale	261,668
Stewartry	228,894
Wigtown	331,883
Dunfermline	1,479,492
Kirkcaldy	1,953,516
North East Fife	759,010
Aberdeen City	3,023,770
Banff and Buchan	877,329
Gordon	806,970
Kincardine and Deeside	537,904
Moray	977,378
Badenoch and Strathspey	120,125
Caithness	478,375
Inverness	676,472
Lochaber	284,064
Nairn	117,071
Ross and Cromarty	1,028,758
Skye and Lochalsh	172,609
Sutherland	405,867
East Lothian	1,646
Edinburgh City	0
Midlothian	376,546
West Lothian	1,484,064
Argyll and Bute	2,590,173
Bearsden and Milngavie	532,009
Clydebank	3,075,044
Clydesdale	31,183
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	183,454
Cumnock and Doon Valley	373,041
Cunninghame	1,448,181
Dumbarton	336,277
East Kilbride	847,986
Eastwood	638,522
Glasgow City	30,548,369
Hamilton	1,237,428
Inverclyde	2,343,434
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	414,358
Kyle and Carrick	1,110,687
Monklands	2,236,968
Motherwell	2,354,567
Renfrew	3,803,975
Strathkelvin	914,361
Angus	1,084,667
Dundee City	5,274,998
Perth and Kinross	1,407,344
Islands Councils
Orkney	9,247,635
Shetland	10,925,602
Western Isles	22,676,461

SCHEDULE 3 APPORTIONMENT OF NEEDS ELEMENT 1986-87
Article 7
Column 1	Column 2
Authority	Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders	29,323,241
Central	62,438,267
Dumfries and Galloway	40,268,343
Fife	75,807,950
Grampian	126,200,331
Highland	75,957,220
Lothian	146,147,550
Strathclyde	596,682,854
Tayside	97,424,485
District Councils
Berwickshire	195,923
Ettrick and Lauderdale	355,587
Roxburgh	870,401
Tweeddale	155,344
Clackmannan	522,248
Falkirk	1,541,190
Stirling	0
Annandale and Eskdale	386,290
Nithsdale	614,189
Stewartry	244,756
Wigtown	324,781
Dunfermline	1,396,517
Kirkcaldy	1,918,512
North East Fife	707,474
Aberdeen City	2,749,232
Banff and Buchan	895,500
Gordon	739,899
Kincardine and Deeside	412,947
Moray	799,862
Badenoch and Strathspey	109,959
Caithness	456,268
Inverness	628,974
Lochaber	278,416
Nairn	108,750
Ross and Cromarty	1,000,356
Skye and Lochalsh	230,218
Sutherland	397,898
East Lothian	870,932
Edinburgh City	7,404,629
Midlothian	564,651
West Lothian	1,278,056
Argyll and Bute	2,583,256
Bearsden and Milngavie	546,625
Clydebank	2,714,794
Clydesdale	640,709
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	680,126
Cumnock and Doon Valley	720,044
Cunninghame	1,579,029
Dumbarton	793,284
East Kilbride	893,630
Eastwood	597,377
Glasgow City	38,371,669
Hamilton	1,160,494
Inverclyde	2,381,345
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	356,923
Kyle and Carrick	1,217,424
Monklands	2,255,479
Motherwell	2,307,889
Renfrew	3,743,618
Strathkelvin	1,084,270
Angus	1,014,292
Dundee City	5,009,888
Perth and Kinross	1,295,184
Islands Councils
Orkney	7,592,936
Shetland	10,045,627
Western Isles	20,819,109

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order–
(a) In relation to the year 1987-88–
(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants as £1,694,470,307 (previously it was £1,896,760,000) (article 2);
(ii) varies the amount of the needs element from £1,608,560,000 to £1,406,270,307 (article 3);
(iii) apportions the needs element as varied to each local authority (article 4 and Schedule 2); and
(iv) revokes article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 8).
(b) In relation to the year 1986-87–
(i) redetermines the estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants as £1,664,415,021 (previously it was £1,636,183,991) (article 5);
(ii) varies the amount of the needs element from £1,360,583,991 to £1,388,815,021 (article 6);
(iii) apportions the needs element as varied to each local authority (article 7 and Schedule 3); and
(iv) revokes article 8 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 (article 8).