There are sorts of things to bear in mind Wizard.

Before you get into any detail it's simply the case to bear in mine that England did not create the 'UK' for altruistic reasons.
England has benefitted and been enriched enormously from all the 'Home Nations' being peacable neighbours and having economies synched and operating with and through Englands' for centuries.

As regards why the current economics might show a higher spend in Scotland per head? Well one must bear in mind that one is not comparing like with like.

(In fact all accountancy is 'weak' in this regard. The answers sometimes depend on the accounting methods and, most importantly, the results required; it is not as if it stands as some kind of empirical 'truth'.)

But anyhoo; Scotland will always come off badly in this kind of comparison because compared to England it has a much lower population and much lower population density.

(Spending per head in rural England reflects this 'additional expense' too but is rarely talked about.)

The cost per head - of anything - divided by fewer 'heads' (compared to the same 'item' in another place with more 'heads') is always going to come out higher.
Do you see?
In relation to education you might even get into the appalling situation where spend per pupil might appear enormous yet it is actually much less than in a comparable case where there are more pupils and the figure appears lower.

Government economics, talk about complicated.

Thanks for explaining, i knew it proberly wasn't as simple as it looked.
I'd still like a bit more equality though.

Originally posted by UK Wizard
Thanks for explaining, i knew it proberly wasn't as simple as it looked.
I'd still like a bit more equality though.

- No problem Wizard.

Always happy to pitch in if I can.