DIRECTORATE FOR CHIEF ECONOMIST
DECON : Office of the Chief Economic Adviser - Economic
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Manfred Stobartson
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Our Reference: 202000026516
04 May 2020
Dear Manfred Stobartson,
REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 (FOISA)
Thank you for your request dated 7th April 2020 under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
(FOISA).
Your request
You asked if the fol owing was accurate:
"The figures show Scotland’s revenue is enough to cover al devolved spending as wel as al spending
on pensions and other social protection."
Response to your request
Information on public spending and revenue in Scotland is available from the Government Expenditure
& Revenue Scotland (GERS) publication. Table 3.8 shows the split between devolved and reserved
expenditure in Scotland and Table 1.1 reports total revenue in Scotland. As shown in Table 1.1,
revenue raised in Scotland in 2018-19 is estimated to be £62.7bn. This covers total devolved
expenditure and al reserved spending on Social Protection which includes pensions and other social
protection. These are shown in Table 3.8 as £44.7 bil ion and £18 bil ion respectively.
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George Mitchel
OCEAEA : Economic Analysis And Modelling
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