The Barnett Formula Myth Destroyed – It does not subsidise Scotland

Primary Author or Creator
Gordon Macintyre-Kemp
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Business for Scotland
Type of Resource
Assessment report
Alternative Published Date
2019
Fast Facts

The Barnett Formula will withhold from Scotland, over the five years covered by the spending review, enough money to have hired approximately 7,955 additional NHS medical professionals. That is not a bonus – it’s a smoke and mirrors mechanism that aims to reduce the Scottish Government’s spending power in real terms.