Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is a National Statistics publication. It estimates the contribution of revenue raised in Scotland toward the goods and services provided for the benefit of Scotland. The estimates in this publication are consistent with the UK Public Sector Finances published in January 2016.


Footnotes

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

2. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS/GERSConsultation2015

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. http://www.gov.scot/gers

9. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/SNAP/QNAS

10. Scotland's share of the UK population in 2014-15 was 8.3%. Scotland's share of UK less extra-regio GVA was 7.6% (National Records of Scotland (NRS), Quarterly National Accounts Scotland and UK Economic Accounts).

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

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

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

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

15. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/country-and-regional-analysis-2015. Users should note that the spending category, 'EU Transactions' published in the CRA is contained in the Accounting Adjustments spending category in GERS.

16. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/country-and-regional-analysis-2015

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