Publication - Statistics

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2020-21

Published: 18 August 2021
From: Tom Arthur MSP
Directorate: Chief Economist Directorate
Topic: Economy, Public sector
ISBN: 9781802012613

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is a National Statistics publication. It estimates the revenue raised in Scotland and the goods and services provided for the benefit of Scotland.

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Footnotes

1 https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/statistics-on-government-expenditure-and-revenue-scotland/

2 https://www.gov.scot/collections/economy-statistics/#governmentexpenditureandrevenuescotland(gers)

3 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.

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

5 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis

6 https://www.gov.scot/collections/economy-statistics/#gdpquarterlynationalaccounts,scotland(qnas)

7 https://www.gov.scot/collections/economy-statistics/#governmentexpenditureandrevenuescotland(gers)

8 Scotland’s share of the UK population in 2020-21 was 8.1%. Excluding the North Sea, Scotland’s share of UK GDP was 7.4% (National Records of Scotland, Quarterly National Accounts Scotland and UK Economic Accounts).

9 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/datasets/totalwealthwealthingreatbritain

10 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/previousReleases

11 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-food-statistics

12 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/articles/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinances/financialyearending2020

13 Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (Dollars per Barrel) (eia.gov)

14 Energy Trends: June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15 Energy Trends: UK gas - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

16 oga-medium-term-projections-mar-2021.pdf (ogauthority.co.uk)

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

18https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis

19 https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/what-was-said-and-official-reports/what-was-said-in-parliament/meeting-of-parliament-17-06-2021?meeting=13239&iob=120032

20 Further detail is available from HM Treasury’s European Union Finances 2018 publication: