Scotfact: Scotland and the 20th Century

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UK Revenue by Category (£)
	1899-1900	1900-1901	1901-1902	1902-1903	1903-1904	1904-1905	1905-1906	1906-1907	1907-1908	1908-1909	1909-1910	1910-1911	1911-1912	1912-1913	1913-1914	1914-1915	1915-1916	1916-1917	1917-1918	1918-1919	1919-1920	1920-1921
Customs	23,278,000	26,492,000	31,256,000	34,677,000	34,125,000	35,796,000	34,655,000	33,079,000	32,582,000	29,158,000	30,123,000	33,108,000	33,596,000	33,517,000	35,569,000	39,151,000	59,575,000	70,710,000	70,889,000	103,466,000	149,554,000	133,850,000
Excise	37,074,000	38,537,000	36,856,000	37,465,000	36,863,000	36,024,000	35,574,000	35,713,000	35,725,000	33,691,000	30,542,000	40,179,000	38,250,000	38,064,000	39,658,000	42,419,000	61,208,000	56,488,000	38,578,000	59,663,000	133,782,000	199,963,000
Estate & Duties	18,409,000	16,726,000	18,514,000	17,913,000	17,326,000	17,258,000	17,345,000	18,959,000	19,108,000	18,310,000	21,755,000	25,709,000	25,182,000	25,406,000	27,165,000	28,542,000	30,938,000	31,192,000	31,735,000	30,800,000	42,760,000	47,181,000
Motor Vehichle Duty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,775,000
Stamps	8,430,000	7,865,000	7,772,000	8,219,000	7,394,000	7,803,000	8,153,000	7,964,000	7,931,000	7,827,000	8,535,000	9,691,000	9,564,000	10,076,000	9,983,000	7,435,000	6,780,000	7,765,000	8,554,000	12,417,000	22,892,000	26,541,000
Land Tax	739,000	766,000	775,000	760,000	743,000	768,000	723,000	717,000	710,000	711,000	118,000	1,210,000	748,000	687,000	690,000	661,000	680,000	653,000	683,000	643,000	671,000	650,000
House Duty	1,699,000	1,701,000	1,727,000	1,834,000	1,896,000	2,014,000	1,886,000	1,901,000	1,940,000	1,940,000	521,000	3,212,000	2,110,000	1,956,000	1,994,000	1,887,000	1,975,000	1,888,000	1,941,000	1,859,000	1,935,000	1,956,000
Income Tax	18,867,000	27,536,000	35,379,000	38,660,000	30,501,000	31,264,000	31,295,000	31,892,000	31,860,000	33,709,000	12,752,000	63,396,000	44,334,000	44,712,000	47,241,000	69,545,000	129,161,000	205,678,000	238,136,000	293,268,000	359,434,000	396,334,000
Excess Profits Duty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	187,000	141,615,000	223,116,000	283,977,000	289,208,000	218,099,000
Corporate Profit Tax	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	701,000
Land Value Duties	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	509,000	494,000	437,000	735,000	414,000	369,000	524,000	651,000	710,000	651,000	(308,000)
Post Office	13,192,000	13,780,000	14,229,000	14,761,000	15,559,000	16,031,000	16,823,500	17,126,000	17,851,000	17,790,000	18,256,000	19,204,500	19,576,000	20,287,000	21,220,000	20,549,000	23,762,000	24,304,000	25,059,000	29,443,000	31,111,000	36,116,000
Telegraphs	3,390,000	3,390,000	3,490,000	3,632,000	3,674,000	3,852,000	4,089,000	4,295,000	3,032,000	3,030,000	3,123,000	3,117,000	3,102,000	3,114,000	3,071,000	2,981,000	3,471,000	3,418,000	3,554,000	3,934,000	5,024,000	5,354,000
Telephone Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,378,000	1,515,500	1,741,000	1,939,500	2,933,500	5,732,000	6,563,000	6,254,000	6,434,000	6,465,000	6,594,000	6,803,000	8,268,000	8,122,000
Crown Lands	640,000	475,000	439,000	451,000	488,500	464,000	471,000	532,500	513,000	493,000	488,000	518,000	529,500	523,000	543,000	535,000	575,000	653,000	692,500	747,500	678,500	685,000
Interest on Suez Canal Shares, Loans etc	834,000	830,000	870,000	958,000	982,500	1,015,000	1,098,500	1,098,000	1,189,000	1,171,500	1,269,000	1,234,500	1,281,500	1,419,000	1,580,000	1,277,000	2,432,000	8,056,000	6,056,000	11,679,000	14,952,000	30,770,500
Misc	2,261,000	2,243,000	2,004,000	1,819,000	1,605,000	1,418,000	1,520,000	1,956,000	2,205,000	2,024,500	1,684,000	2,579,500	2,548,000	2,923,000	2,310,000	5,940,000	9,792,000	16,514,000	52,152,500	52,354,000	280,927,000	313,134,500
Total	128,813,000	140,341,000	153,311,000	161,149,000	151,157,000	153,707,000	153,633,000	155,232,500	156,024,000	151,370,500	130,907,000	205,607,000	184,248,500	188,853,000	198,322,000	227,590,000	337,339,000	575,923,000	708,391,000	891,763,500	1,341,847,500	1,426,924,000

UK Expenditure by Category (£)
	1899-1900	1900-1901	1901-1902	1902-1903	1903-1904	1904-1905	1905-1906	1906-1907	1907-1908	1908-1909	1909-1910	1910-1911	1911-1912	1912-1913	1913-1914	1914-1915	1915-1916	1916-1917	1917-1918	1918-1919	1919-1920	1920-1921
National Debt Charges	23,216,000	19,836,000	21,686,000	27,282,000	27,000,000	27,000,000	28,025,000	28,500,000	29,500,000	28,000,000	21,758,000	24,554,000	24,500,000	24,500,000	24,500,000	22,669,000	60,249,000	127,250,500	189,851,000	269,965,000	332,033,500	349,598,500
Army	43,815,000	91,925,000	92,757,000	69,655,000	36,892,000	29,440,000	29,065,000	27,980,000	27,330,000	27,055,000	27,451,000	27,664,000	27,864,000	28,286,000	28,561,000	29,101,000	232,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	395,215,000	181,715,000
Navy	26,000,000	29,520,000	31,030,000	31,170,000	35,476,000	36,830,000	33,300,000	31,434,000	31,141,000	32,188,000	35,807,000	40,386,000	42,858,000	44,365,000	48,833,000	51,550,000	7,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	156,528,000	88,428,000
Air Force	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,000	1,500	7,000	52,500,000	22,300,000
Votes of Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	357,000,000	1,399,652,000	1,973,665,000	2,402,800,000	2,198,000,000	87,000,000	-
Consolidated Fund	1,370,000	1,354,000	1,429,000	1,418,000	1,409,000	1,393,000	1,409,000	1,464,000	1,756,500	1,454,000	1,438,500	1,449,500	1,478,000	1,477,500	1,479,000	1,479,000	2,573,000	1,759,000	1,455,500	1,485,000	1,732,500	1,581,000
Development and Road Funds												1,362,500	1,710,000	1,172,000	1,395,000	1,528,000	694,000					8,937,000
Voted	22,530,000	23,500,000	30,500,000	36,200,000	26,870,000	27,450,000	28,430,000	29,118,000	30,180,000	32,338,000	40,010,000	43,098,000	46,001,000	51,944,000	53,901,000	56,956,000	54,718,000	54,113,000	61,242,000	67,989,000	569,054,999	460,216,000
Collection of Taxes	2,800,000	2,834,000	2,955,000	3,040,000	3,085,000	3,093,000	3,148,000	3,179,000	3,222,000	3,320,000	3,342,000	3,919,000	3,951,000	4,200,000	4,483,000	4,602,200	4,603,000	4,728,000	5,156,000	5,532,000	9,422,000	11,259,000
Post Office Services	12,841,000	13,471,000	14,012,000	14,563,000	15,072,000	15,593,000	15,978,000	16,583,000	17,527,000	18,113,000	18,693,000	19,681,000	20,547,000	23,024,000	24,607,000	26,060,000	26,673,000	26,454,000	25,738,000	26,396,000	48,064,000	53,678,000
Payments to Local Taxation Accounts	1,150,000	1,152,000	1,153,000	1,156,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	11,155,500	9,824,000	9,445,500	9,881,500	9,636,000	9,653,500	9,734,000	9,529,000	9,757,000	9,895,000	9,730,500	9,680,500	10,746,000	10,785,500
Land Settlement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,477,500	6,930,000
Miscelaneous Local Charges	9,965,000	9,739,000	9,714,000	9,767,000	9,795,000	9,813,000	9,901,000	10,222,500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	143,687,000	193,331,000	205,236,000	194,251,000	156,756,000	151,769,000	150,413,000	149,637,000	151,812,000	152,292,000	157,945,000	171,995,500	178,545,000	188,622,000	197,493,000	560,474,000	1,559,158,000	2,198,113,000	2,696,221,500	2,579,301,500	1,665,772,500	1,195,428,000

UK Expenditure by Category - Consolidated Military (£)
	1899-1900	1900-1901	1901-1902	1902-1903	1903-1904	1904-1905	1905-1906	1906-1907	1907-1908	1908-1909	1909-1910	1910-1911	1911-1912	1912-1913	1913-1914	1914-1915	1915-1916	1916-1917	1917-1918	1918-1919	1919-1920	1920-1921
National Debt Charges	23,216,000	19,836,000	21,686,000	27,282,000	27,000,000	27,000,000	28,025,000	28,500,000	29,500,000	28,000,000	21,758,000	24,554,000	24,500,000	24,500,000	24,500,000	22,669,000	60,249,000	127,250,500	189,851,000	269,965,000	332,033,500	349,598,500
Army	43,815,000	91,925,000	92,757,000	69,655,000	36,892,000	29,440,000	29,065,000	27,980,000	27,330,000	27,055,000	27,451,000	27,664,000	27,864,000	28,286,000	28,561,000	29,101,000	232,000	230,000	230,000	230,000	395,215,000	181,715,000
Navy	26,000,000	29,520,000	31,030,000	31,170,000	35,476,000	36,830,000	33,300,000	31,434,000	31,141,000	32,188,000	35,807,000	40,386,000	42,858,000	44,365,000	48,833,000	51,550,000	7,000	17,000	17,000	17,000	156,528,000	88,428,000
Air Force	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,000	1,500	7,000	52,500,000	22,300,000
Votes of Credit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	357,000,000	1,399,652,000	1,973,665,000	2,402,800,000	2,198,000,000	87,000,000	-
Consolidated Fund	1,370,000	1,354,000	1,429,000	1,418,000	1,409,000	1,393,000	1,409,000	1,464,000	1,756,500	1,454,000	1,438,500	1,449,500	1,478,000	1,477,500	1,479,000	1,479,000	2,573,000	1,759,000	1,455,500	1,485,000	1,732,500	1,581,000
Development and Road Funds												1,362,500	1,710,000	1,172,000	1,395,000	1,528,000	694,000					8,937,000
Voted	22,530,000	23,500,000	30,500,000	36,200,000	26,870,000	27,450,000	28,430,000	29,118,000	30,180,000	32,338,000	40,010,000	43,098,000	46,001,000	51,944,000	53,901,000	56,956,000	54,718,000	54,113,000	61,242,000	67,989,000	569,054,999	460,216,000
Collection of Taxes	2,800,000	2,834,000	2,955,000	3,040,000	3,085,000	3,093,000	3,148,000	3,179,000	3,222,000	3,320,000	3,342,000	3,919,000	3,951,000	4,200,000	4,483,000	4,602,200	4,603,000	4,728,000	5,156,000	5,532,000	9,422,000	11,259,000
Post Office Services	12,841,000	13,471,000	14,012,000	14,563,000	15,072,000	15,593,000	15,978,000	16,583,000	17,527,000	18,113,000	18,693,000	19,681,000	20,547,000	23,024,000	24,607,000	26,060,000	26,673,000	26,454,000	25,738,000	26,396,000	48,064,000	53,678,000
Payments to Local Taxation Accounts	1,150,000	1,152,000	1,153,000	1,156,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	1,157,000	11,155,500	9,824,000	9,445,500	9,881,500	9,636,000	9,653,500	9,734,000	9,529,000	9,757,000	9,895,000	9,730,500	9,680,500	10,746,000	10,785,500
Land Settlement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,477,500	6,930,000
Miscelaneous Local Charges	9,965,000	9,739,000	9,714,000	9,767,000	9,795,000	9,813,000	9,901,000	10,222,500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	143,687,000	193,331,000	205,236,000	194,251,000	156,756,000	151,769,000	150,413,000	149,637,000	151,812,000	152,292,000	157,945,000	171,995,500	178,545,000	188,622,000	197,493,000	560,474,000	1,559,158,000	2,198,113,000	2,696,221,500	2,579,301,500	1,665,772,500	1,195,428,000

Revenue as Collected (£)
Year	Other Sources	In England	In Scotland	In Ireland	Total
1899-00	2,042,000	98,614,500	16,859,000	11,117,500	128,633,000
1900-01	2,080,000	108,292,000	18,135,000	11,834,000	140,341,000
1901-02	1,834,000	120,537,000	19,587,000	11,353,000	153,311,000
1902-03	1,742,500	127,093,000	20,311,000	12,002,500	161,149,000
1903-04	1,505,000	119,455,500	18,550,000	11,646,500	151,157,000
1904-05	1,395,000	122,163,000	18,808,500	11,340,500	153,707,000
1905-06	1,500,500	122,159,500	18,877,000	11,096,000	153,633,000
1906-07	2,004,000	123,019,000	18,811,000	11,399,000	155,233,000
1907-08	2,372,000	123,326,500	18,847,500	11,478,000	156,024,000
1908-09	2,165,500	119,392,000	18,527,500	11,285,500	151,370,500
1909-10	1,858,500	103,006,500	16,196,000	9,846,000	130,907,000
1910-11	2,769,500	166,997,000	22,321,000	13,519,500	205,607,000
1911-12	2,809,000	148,050,500	20,900,000	12,489,000	184,248,500
1912-13	2,954,500	151,348,000	22,046,000	12,504,500	188,853,000
1913-14	2,507,500	159,382,000	23,488,500	12,944,500	198,322,500
1914-15	5,923,500	181,710,000	25,962,000	13,994,500	227,590,000
1915-16	11,025,000	273,810,500	34,420,500	18,083,000	337,339,000
1916-17	23,287,000	472,938,500	58,600,000	21,097,500	575,923,000
1917-18	56,942,500	557,892,500	71,910,000	21,646,000	708,391,000
1918-19	62,631,000	705,777,000	92,207,500	31,148,000	891,763,500
1919-20	294,095,000	892,138,500	113,525,000	42,089,000	1,341,847,500
1920-21	340,302,000	920,430,000	120,386,000	43,806,000	1,426,924,000

Revenue as Contributed (£)
Year	Other Sources	By England	By Scotland	By Ireland	Total
1899-00	2,580,000	103,755,500	13,633,000	8,664,500	128,633,000
1900-01	2,688,000	113,204,000	14,928,000	9,521,000	140,341,000
1901-02	3,914,000	123,558,000	16,055,000	9,784,000	153,311,000
1902-03	4,542,500	129,625,000	16,776,000	10,205,500	161,149,000
1903-04	4,224,000	121,658,500	15,526,000	9,748,500	151,157,000
1904-05	4,122,000	123,887,000	15,944,500	9,753,500	153,707,000
1905-06	4,360,500	123,887,500	15,938,000	9,447,000	153,633,000
1906-07	4,214,000	125,692,000	15,837,000	9,490,000	155,233,000
1907-08	3,055,000	127,194,500	16,153,500	9,621,000	156,024,000
1908-09	2,839,500	123,243,000	16,037,500	9,250,500	151,370,500
1909-10	2,439,500	105,974,500	14,138,000	8,355,000	130,907,000
1910-11	3,779,500	170,361,000	19,960,000	11,506,500	205,607,000
1911-12	3,617,000	151,300,500	18,643,000	10,688,000	184,248,500
1912-13	3,782,500	154,389,000	19,950,000	10,731,500	188,853,000
1913-14	3,387,500	162,491,000	21,309,500	11,134,500	198,322,500
1914-15	6,923,500	183,535,000	24,742,000	12,389,500	227,590,000
1915-16	12,711,000	273,472,500	33,226,500	17,929,000	337,339,000
1916-17	25,923,000	464,255,500	61,978,000	23,766,500	575,923,000
1917-18	59,721,500	544,334,500	77,470,000	26,865,000	708,391,000
1918-19	66,105,000	691,062,000	97,321,500	37,275,000	891,763,500
1919-20	298,027,000	879,718,500	113,487,000	50,615,000	1,341,847,500
1920-21	344,629,000	913,699,000	119,753,000	48,843,000	1,426,924,000

Expenditure (£)
Year	Imperial Services	On English Services	On Scottish Services	On Irish Services	Total
1899-00	97,519,000	34,215,000	4,973,000	6,980,000	143,687,000
1900-01	146,295,000	34,769,000	4,961,000	7,306,000	193,331,000
1901-02	157,024,000	35,939,000	5,059,000	7,214,000	205,236,000
1902-03	144,733,500	37,019,500	5,145,000	7,353,000	194,251,000
1903-04	104,981,000	38,850,000	5,377,000	7,548,000	156,756,000
1904-05	98,432,000	40,105,500	5,664,500	7,567,000	151,769,000
1905-06	95,555,000	41,523,000	5,699,500	7,635,500	150,413,000
1906-07	93,045,500	42,951,000	5,962,500	7,678,500	149,637,500
1907-08	93,676,000	44,025,500	6,300,500	7,810,000	151,812,000
1908-09	92,311,500	44,659,000	6,654,000	8,667,500	152,292,000
1909-10	90,646,000	49,136,000	7,450,500	10,712,500	157,945,000
1910-11	100,107,000	52,617,000	7,927,000	11,344,500	171,995,500
1911-12	103,071,500	55,628,500	8,311,500	11,533,500	178,545,000
1912-13	104,195,000	62,693,500	9,596,500	12,137,000	188,622,000
1913-14	108,371,500	66,659,500	10,105,000	12,357,000	197,493,000
1914-15	468,753,500	68,886,500	10,178,000	12,656,000	560,474,000
1915-16	1,468,758,000	67,712,500	10,090,500	12,597,000	1,599,158,000
1916-17	2,108,829,500	66,834,000	9,763,500	12,686,000	2,198,113,000
1917-18	2,600,195,500	72,607,500	10,416,500	13,002,000	2,696,221,500
1918-19	2,393,765,000	143,847,500	19,527,500	22,161,500	2,579,301,500
1919-20	1,397,962,000	209,599,000	28,990,500	29,221,000	1,665,772,500
1920-21	897,919,500	231,436,500	33,096,000	32,976,000	1,195,428,000

Expenditure as a % of Revenue
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	33%	36%	81%
1900-01	31%	33%	77%
1901-02	29%	32%	74%
1902-03	29%	31%	72%
1903-04	32%	35%	77%
1904-05	32%	36%	78%
1905-06	34%	36%	81%
1906-07	34%	38%	81%
1907-08	35%	39%	81%
1908-09	36%	41%	94%
1909-10	46%	53%	128%
1910-11	31%	40%	99%
1911-12	37%	45%	108%
1912-13	41%	48%	113%
1913-14	41%	47%	111%
1914-15	38%	41%	102%
1915-16	25%	30%	70%
1916-17	14%	16%	53%
1917-18	13%	13%	48%
1918-19	21%	20%	59%
1919-20	24%	26%	58%
1920-21	25%	28%	68%
Average	30.6%	34.4%	82%

We have used the following population statistics for financial years, which are derived from the calendar year numbers published by the BoE using a weighted 75/25 ratio.

Population (000s)
Financial Year	England and Wales	Scotland	Ireland	Total
1899-00	31,973	4,402	4,494	40,869
1900-01	32,340	4,447	4,464	41,251
1901-02	32,697	4,486	4,444	41,627
1902-03	33,037	4,514	4,431	41,982
1903-04	33,380	4,543	4,416	42,338
1904-05	33,727	4,571	4,406	42,704
1905-06	34,077	4,600	4,399	43,076
1906-07	34,431	4,629	4,396	43,455
1907-08	34,789	4,658	4,387	43,834
1908-09	35,151	4,687	4,386	44,223
1909-10	35,516	4,714	4,387	44,616
1910-11	35,878	4,732	4,384	44,994
1911-12	36,184	4,750	4,378	45,312
1912-13	36,389	4,768	4,363	45,520
1913-14	36,672	4,787	4,343	45,802
1914-15	36,546	4,805	4,320	45,672
1915-16	35,124	4,824	4,277	44,224
1916-17	34,531	4,843	4,273	43,646
1917-18	34,154	4,861	4,275	43,290
1918-19	34,718	4,880	4,298	43,896
1919-20	36,981	4,887	4,354	46,222
1920-21	37,626	4,839	4,363	46,827

Population (%)
Financial Year	England and Wales	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	78.2%	10.8%	11.0%
1900-01	78.4%	10.8%	10.8%
1901-02	78.5%	10.8%	10.7%
1902-03	78.7%	10.8%	10.6%
1903-04	78.8%	10.7%	10.4%
1904-05	79.0%	10.7%	10.3%
1905-06	79.1%	10.7%	10.2%
1906-07	79.2%	10.7%	10.1%
1907-08	79.4%	10.6%	10.0%
1908-09	79.5%	10.6%	9.9%
1909-10	79.6%	10.6%	9.8%
1910-11	79.7%	10.5%	9.7%
1911-12	79.9%	10.5%	9.7%
1912-13	79.9%	10.5%	9.6%
1913-14	80.1%	10.5%	9.5%
1914-15	80.0%	10.5%	9.5%
1915-16	79.4%	10.9%	9.7%
1916-17	79.1%	11.1%	9.8%
1917-18	78.9%	11.2%	9.9%
1918-19	79.1%	11.1%	9.8%
1919-20	80.0%	10.6%	9.4%
1920-21	80.4%	10.3%	9.3%

Revenue Contributed per head (£)
Year	By England	By Scotland	By Ireland
1899-00	3.25	3.10	1.93
1900-01	3.50	3.36	2.13
1901-02	3.78	3.58	2.20
1902-03	3.92	3.72	2.30
1903-04	3.64	3.42	2.21
1904-05	3.67	3.49	2.21
1905-06	3.64	3.46	2.15
1906-07	3.65	3.42	2.16
1907-08	3.66	3.47	2.19
1908-09	3.51	3.42	2.11
1909-10	2.98	3.00	1.90
1910-11	4.75	4.22	2.62
1911-12	4.18	3.92	2.44
1912-13	4.24	4.18	2.46
1913-14	4.43	4.45	2.56
1914-15	5.02	5.15	2.87
1915-16	7.79	6.89	4.19
1916-17	13.44	12.80	5.56
1917-18	15.94	15.94	6.28
1918-19	19.91	19.94	8.67
1919-20	23.79	23.22	11.62
1920-21	24.28	24.75	11.20
Average	7.59	7.40	3.82

Identifiable Expenditure per head (£)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	1.07	1.13	1.55
1900-01	1.08	1.12	1.64
1901-02	1.10	1.13	1.62
1902-03	1.12	1.14	1.66
1903-04	1.16	1.18	1.71
1904-05	1.19	1.24	1.72
1905-06	1.22	1.24	1.74
1906-07	1.25	1.29	1.75
1907-08	1.27	1.35	1.78
1908-09	1.27	1.42	1.98
1909-10	1.38	1.58	2.44
1910-11	1.47	1.68	2.59
1911-12	1.54	1.75	2.63
1912-13	1.72	2.01	2.78
1913-14	1.82	2.11	2.85
1914-15	1.88	2.12	2.93
1915-16	1.93	2.09	2.95
1916-17	1.94	2.02	2.97
1917-18	2.13	2.14	3.04
1918-19	4.14	4.00	5.16
1919-20	5.67	5.93	6.71
1920-21	6.15	6.84	7.56
Average	1.97	2.10	2.80

Imperial Services per head (£)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	2.39	2.39	2.39
1900-01	3.55	3.55	3.55
1901-02	3.77	3.77	3.77
1902-03	3.45	3.45	3.45
1903-04	2.48	2.48	2.48
1904-05	2.31	2.31	2.31
1905-06	2.22	2.22	2.22
1906-07	2.14	2.14	2.14
1907-08	2.14	2.14	2.14
1908-09	2.09	2.09	2.09
1909-10	2.03	2.03	2.03
1910-11	2.22	2.22	2.22
1911-12	2.27	2.27	2.27
1912-13	2.29	2.29	2.29
1913-14	2.37	2.37	2.37
1914-15	10.26	10.26	10.26
1915-16	33.21	33.21	33.21
1916-17	48.32	48.32	48.32
1917-18	60.06	60.06	60.06
1918-19	54.53	54.53	54.53
1919-20	30.24	30.24	30.24
1920-21	19.18	19.18	19.18
Average	13.34	13.34	13.34

Other Revenue Sources per head (£)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	0.06	0.06	0.06
1900-01	0.07	0.07	0.07
1901-02	0.09	0.09	0.09
1902-03	0.11	0.11	0.11
1903-04	0.10	0.10	0.10
1904-05	0.10	0.10	0.10
1905-06	0.10	0.10	0.10
1906-07	0.10	0.10	0.10
1907-08	0.07	0.07	0.07
1908-09	0.06	0.06	0.06
1909-10	0.05	0.05	0.05
1910-11	0.08	0.08	0.08
1911-12	0.08	0.08	0.08
1912-13	0.08	0.08	0.08
1913-14	0.07	0.07	0.07
1914-15	0.15	0.15	0.15
1915-16	0.29	0.29	0.29
1916-17	0.59	0.59	0.59
1917-18	1.38	1.38	1.38
1918-19	1.51	1.51	1.51
1919-20	6.45	6.45	6.45
1920-21	7.36	7.36	7.36
Average	0.86	0.86	0.86

Total Revenue per head (£)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	3.31	3.16	1.99
1900-01	3.57	3.42	2.20
1901-02	3.87	3.67	2.30
1902-03	4.03	3.82	2.41
1903-04	3.74	3.52	2.31
1904-05	3.77	3.58	2.31
1905-06	3.74	3.57	2.25
1906-07	3.75	3.52	2.26
1907-08	3.73	3.54	2.26
1908-09	3.57	3.49	2.17
1909-10	3.04	3.05	1.96
1910-11	4.83	4.30	2.71
1911-12	4.26	4.00	2.52
1912-13	4.33	4.27	2.54
1913-14	4.50	4.53	2.64
1914-15	5.17	5.30	3.02
1915-16	8.07	7.18	4.48
1916-17	14.04	13.39	6.16
1917-18	17.32	17.32	7.66
1918-19	21.41	21.45	10.18
1919-20	30.24	29.67	18.07
1920-21	31.64	32.11	18.56
Average	8.45	8.27	4.68

Fiscal Balance per head (£)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	-0.15	-0.36	-1.95
1900-01	-1.06	-1.24	-2.99
1901-02	-1.00	-1.23	-3.10
1902-03	-0.54	-0.76	-2.70
1903-04	0.10	-0.15	-1.88
1904-05	0.28	0.04	-1.71
1905-06	0.30	0.11	-1.71
1906-07	0.36	0.09	-1.63
1907-08	0.32	0.05	-1.65
1908-09	0.21	-0.02	-1.89
1909-10	-0.38	-0.56	-2.51
1910-11	1.14	0.40	-2.10
1911-12	0.45	-0.02	-2.39
1912-13	0.31	-0.03	-2.53
1913-14	0.32	0.05	-2.57
1914-15	-6.97	-7.08	-10.17
1915-16	-27.07	-28.13	-31.68
1916-17	-36.21	-36.94	-45.13
1917-18	-44.87	-44.89	-55.44
1918-19	-37.27	-37.09	-49.51
1919-20	-5.68	-6.51	-18.88
1920-21	6.32	6.09	-8.18
Average	-6.86	-7.18	-11.46

Fiscal Balance per head Real Terms ( 1917 £)
Year	England	Scotland	Ireland
1899-00	-0.26	-0.61	-3.36
1900-01	-1.75	-2.06	-4.95
1901-02	-1.67	-2.05	-5.19
1902-03	-0.91	-1.29	-4.55
1903-04	0.17	-0.25	-3.18
1904-05	0.47	0.07	-2.95
1905-06	0.94	0.57	-2.76
1906-07	0.51	0.19	-2.91
1907-08	0.54	0.08	-2.74
1908-09	0.36	-0.04	-3.16
1909-10	-0.64	-0.94	-4.25
1910-11	1.89	0.67	-3.49
1911-12	0.74	-0.03	-3.92
1912-13	0.51	-0.06	-4.07
1913-14	0.52	0.08	-4.15
1914-15	-11.34	-11.52	-16.54
1915-16	-38.60	-40.12	-45.18
1916-17	-45.01	-45.91	-56.09
1917-18	-44.87	-44.89	-55.44
1918-19	-32.10	-31.94	-42.65
1919-20	-4.18	-4.80	-13.92
1920-21	4.01	3.87	-5.19
Average	-7.75	-8.23	-13.20

Financial Year Population 1980-2000
Financial Year	Scotland	UK	rUK
1980/81	5,183,625	56,350,550	51,166,925
1981/82	5,168,425	56,307,400	51,138,975
1982/83	5,152,200	56,309,450	51,157,250
1983/84	5,141,200	56,385,900	51,244,700
1984/85	5,130,650	56,517,825	51,387,175
1985/86	5,115,825	56,651,350	51,535,525
1986/87	5,102,200	56,773,950	51,671,750
1987/88	5,082,800	56,888,300	51,805,500
1988/89	5,078,000	57,036,475	51,958,475
1989/90	5,080,525	57,197,250	52,116,725
1990/91	5,082,800	57,388,400	52,305,600
1991/92	5,085,025	57,548,050	52,463,025
1992/93	5,090,775	57,681,550	52,590,775
1993/04	5,099,775	57,825,050	52,725,275
1994/95	5,103,325	57,984,125	52,880,800
1995/06	5,095,075	58,129,500	53,034,425
1996/97	5,085,525	58,276,750	53,191,225
1997/98	5,078,650	58,434,725	53,356,075
1998/99	5,073,275	58,632,025	53,558,750
1999/00	5,065,175	58,835,675	53,770,500

Scotland Versus rUK Net Fiscal Balance Per Person 1980-2000 (£)
Financial year	Scotland	rUK
1980/81	202.2	-246.0
1981/82	752.6	-193.4
1982/83	928.3	-260.5
1983/84	979.7	-327.2
1984/85	1,470.2	-385.1
1985/86	1,376.5	-306.1
1986/87	335.7	-189.3
1987/88	340.8	-118.2
1988/89	295.6	94.1
1989/90	42.1	16.0
1990/91	-208.2	-90.5
1991/92	-613.2	-370.3
1992/93	-956.6	-793.7
1993/04	-1,149.9	-856.6
1994/95	-859.4	-735.2
1995/06	-658.9	-591.7
1996/97	-461.5	-465.5
1997/98	-227.8	-96.7
1998/99	-304.5	104.7
1999/00	-301.3	305.3

Scotland Versus rUK Revenue Per Person 1980-2000 (£)
Financial year	Scotland	rUK
1980/81	2,350.3	1,734.8
1981/82	3,149.1	2,020.1
1982/83	3,569.3	2,177.5
1983/84	3,838.8	2,307.1
1984/85	4,503.5	2,424.8
1985/86	4,545.1	2,612.3
1986/87	3,617.1	2,830.0
1987/88	3,823.1	3,078.1
1988/89	3,892.1	3,412.5
1989/90	3,978.5	3,665.8
1990/91	4,080.8	3,841.8
1991/92	4,137.8	4,014.5
1992/93	4,163.6	3,923.9
1993/04	4,314.9	4,044.0
1994/95	4,795.9	4,376.4
1995/06	5,247.2	4,711.6
1996/97	5,510.3	4,901.3
1997/98	5,869.7	5,384.3
1998/99	5,976.8	5,715.6
1999/00	6,215.4	6,105.4

Scotland Versus rUK Expenditure Per Person 1980-2000 (£)
Financial year	Scotland	rUK
1980/81	2,148.1	1,980.8
1981/82	2,396.7	2,213.5
1982/83	2,641.0	2,438.0
1983/84	2,859.1	2,634.4
1984/85	3,033.1	2,809.9
1985/86	3,168.6	2,918.3
1986/87	3,281.5	3,019.2
1987/88	3,482.1	3,196.3
1988/89	3,596.7	3,318.3
1989/90	3,936.6	3,649.7
1990/91	4,289.0	3,932.3
1991/92	4,751.0	4,384.8
1992/93	5,120.2	4,717.6
1993/04	5,464.6	4,900.7
1994/95	5,655.3	5,111.6
1995/06	5,906.1	5,303.4
1996/97	5,971.9	5,366.8
1997/98	6,097.5	5,480.9
1998/99	6,281.3	5,610.9
1999/00	6,516.7	5,800.2

ERRATA: 31-Aug-2018. 1905-06 expenditure and fiscal balance corrected.

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