Public spending
Answer:
This is the supposed extra spending per person Scotland receives as a part of the UK.
Full answer here: The union dividend explained
How small independent countries create a better, more equal society
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
It has become clear that small, independent countries largely outperform the UK and offer greater security to their citizens. This includes pensions, income distribution and public social spending.
Policies for an independent Scotland? Putting the Independence White Paper in its fiscal context
Author / Creator: David Phillips
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: 2014
A conservative anslysis of prospects for taxation in an independent Scotland.