Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) 2019-2020

A National Statistics publication for Scotland

Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland was assessed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and designated as National Statistics in February 2014, signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Assessment Report 274 can be found at

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

Designation can be interpreted to mean that the statistics: meet identified user needs; are produced, managed and disseminated to high standards; and are explained well.

Correspondence and enquiries

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Sandy Stewart

Office of the Chief Economic Advisor,

Telephone: 0131 244 2825

e-mail: economic.statistics@gov.scot

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician, Telephone: 0131 244 0442,

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

How to access background or source data

The data collected for this statistical publication:

☐ are available in more detail through Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics

☐ are available via an alternative route

☒ may be made available on request, subject to consideration of legal and ethical factors. Please contact economic.statistics@gov.scot for further information.

☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data controller.

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Telephone: 0131 244 0302, e-mail statistics.enquiries@gov.scot.

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