Question reference: S6W-25684
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent public sector net debt to GDP ratio is in Scotland, and whether time series data on this measure is available.
Answer
Statistics on Scotland's public sector finances are published in the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) publication; however, statistics for Scottish public sector net debt are not available. The latest GERS publication is available at: Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2022-23 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Figures on UK public sector net debt are published by the Office of National Statistics. In January 2024 the UK's public sector net debt was 96.5% of GDP.