Total day-to-day devolved spending and spending on the state pension and universal credit was £61.7 billion.
Dear Scottish Government,
Your reply to FOI 202200282700
"Our Reference: 202200282700
Response to your request
Based on the figures in the latest Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland (GERS) publication, Scottish revenue in 2020-21 was £62.8 billion.
Total day-to-day devolved spending and spending on the state pension and universal credit was £61.7 billion"
1
Please provide itemized breakdown of said £61.7 billion?
2
Please confirm letter contents are indeed 100% true?
To recap on original FOI request
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...
"Dear Scottish Government,
A SNP MP made the following claim in response to a constituancy elector.
"I must also stress that an independent Scotland can completely afford to pay state pensions. Latest figures (GERS: 2020-21) show that even during the pandemic, without borrowing a single penny, Scottish tax revenue covered all devolved day to day spending (e.g., on the NHS and schools) as well as all spending in Scotland on the state pension and Universal Credit"
Is the above statement 100% true?"
Yours faithfully,
Marsha Wells
Our Reference: 202200290579
Your Reference: request-847655-3b3a167a
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