Citation? I'm going to assume that you are referring to pre-covid. https://www.gov.scot/publications/government-expenditure-revenue-scotland-gers-2019-20/ http

Citation? I'm going to assume that you are referring to pre-covid. https://www.gov.scot/publications/government-expenditure-revenue-scotland-gers-2019-20/ https://www.gov.scot/publications/government-expenditure-rev... £13-15b deficit per year https://fullfact.org/economy/tax-and-spending-scotland/ https://fullfact.org/economy/tax-and-spending-scotland/ Just one year that revenue (including north sea oil) was higher than spending as a proportion of the UK. Maybe this year too with oil at a high price.