Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2015-16

Footnotes

1. The term Housing Associations is used to refer to private registered providers of social housing. This is consistent with the terminology used by the Office for Budget Responsibility in their Economic and Fiscal Outlooks.

2. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/ScotStat/Meetings

3. http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/

4. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/GERSConsultation2016

5. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/Methodology

6. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/Methodology

7. The latest Public Sector Finances dataset is available from
http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/bulletins/publicsectorfinances/previousReleases. As this dataset is updated monthly and subject to minor revision, figures in future data releases may differ from those used in this report.

8. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-pesa

9. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015

10. http://www.gov.scot/snap

11. https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/statistics/consultationsandsurveys/allconsultationsandsurveys/consultationoncountryandregionalpublicsectorfinances

12. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS

13. Scotland's share of the UK population in 2015-16 was 8.2%. Excluding extra-regio activity, Scotland's share of UK GVA was 7.8% (National Records of Scotland ( NRS), Quarterly National Accounts Scotland and UK Economic Accounts).

14. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/articles/earlyindicatorestimatesfromthewealthandassetssurvey/2015-11-10

15. A more detailed discussion of GOS is provided in the detailed revenue methodology paper on the GERS website.

16. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ghs/opinions-and-lifestyle-survey/adult-smoking-habits-in-great-britain--2013/stb-opn-smoking-2013.html

17. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-food-2014

18. https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/statistics/consultationsandsurveys/allconsultationsandsurveys/consultationoncountryandregionalpublicsectorfinances

19. http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2956/1/Kemp_70.pdf

20. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-pesa

21. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015

22. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2016

23. https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Lords/2015-11-02/HLWS274/

24. Under the Fiscal Framework Agreement, the block grant adjustment will effectively be determined by the indexed per capita method until March 2022. Under this approach, the block grant adjustment will increase in line with the percentage growth in tax receipts per head in the UK, multiplied by Scottish population growth. The net impact on the Scottish Government budget will therefore depend on the relative growth in tax per head for each devolved tax in Scotland and the rest of the UK. The agreement is available at the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-agreement-between-the-scottish-government-and-the-united-kingdom-government-on-the-scottish-governments-fiscal-framework