UK Government Spends 30 Percent More on Scots Than English: Report

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to update MSPs on any changes to the COVID-19 five-level system in Scotland at the parliament in Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 15, 2020. Andrew Milligan - Pool/Getty Images

For every pound the UK government earmarks for the English, according to an economic think tank, it gives the Scottish an extra 30 pence.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report says that almost all of the 30 percent gap is down to the controversial Barnett formula.