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‘Last year Scotland provided 9.3% (6 billion of that from Oil) of the U.K. revenues and received 9.4% in return, with defence etc. given free.’

Do a bit of research and you find this -

Financial Year 2010/11

Total Revenue from Scotland as a % of UK - 8.3%
(NOT including North Sea Oil)

Total Revenue from Scotland as a % of UK - 9.6%
(INCLUDING North Sea Oil on a geographical share)

Expenditure in Scotland by UK Government as a % of UK - 9.26%.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/GERS

Defence, etc. is NOT free. The difference in per capita expenditure figures between Scotland and the rest of the UK does not take into account the Barnett formula consequentials.

Figures for 2011/12 have not been published yet. How does it feel knowing that you have been used to spread deliberate misinformation?

As I said before :Enjoy your total fiscal independence.
I hope it works out well for you.
As for being used to spread false information the differences between the two sources of data are so inconsequential that I am sure that a government as dynamic as Scotland’s will soon be able to spend all that extra cash.

Oh, Welcome aboard. Hope you enjoy the Forum.