In 2021, the three biggest government programs are health care (i.e, the NHS), state pensions, and welfare.

Public Spending Details for 2021

Spending details break down public spending by function and level of government. You can also drill down to view more spending detail by clicking the [+] control on each function line.

smaller text bigger text download view print view £ billion £ million percent GDP % non-gov GDP percent Central percent Total £000 per capit £ per capita codes Spending Units: By default, public spending is displayed in billions of pounds. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select millions of pounds, percent of GDP, percent of central government spending, and percent of total spending. 1692 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Fiscal Year: The default year displayed is the current HM Treasury fiscal year. But you can select any year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. You can increase or decrease the year using the yr text links in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in 0 are shown. Select a year to get close, then select the year you want. United Kingdom ------------- England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland North East North West Yorkshire and Humber East Midlands West Midlands East England London South East South West UK or Country/Region: By default, the table shows values for all spending in the United Kingdom. But you can select individual countries by selecting the country dropdown control in the table heading. No Pie Chart Total Pie Central Pie Local Pie Pie Chart: You can select a pie chart. You can create a pie chart for central government, local authority, and overall spending/revenue. full screen GDP: £2,304.4 billion United Kingdom Central Government

and Local Authority Spending

-5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2021

Amounts in £ billion Pop: 68.1 million Change View: default COFOG Central

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(2) Total charts [+] Pensions 167.6 0.0 0.0 167.6 [+] Health Care 174.4 0.0 3.3 177.7 [+] Education 45.1 0.0 49.1 94.3 [+] Bar Chart: Click on a chart icon to display a bar chart. There are chart icons along the base of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the chart columns. There are also chart icons along the right edge of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the table rows. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers on public spending. 53.2 0.0 0.1 53.3 [+] Welfare 100.8 0.0 54.0 154.9 [+] Protection 20.2 0.0 17.3 37.5 [+] Transport 31.2 0.0 10.2 41.5 [+] General Government 13.6 0.0 5.6 19.2 [+] Other Spending 72.2 0.0 45.2 117.4 [+] Interest 44.7 0.0 0.6 45.3 [+] Balance 1.6 0.0 -2.1 -0.5 [+] Total Spending: Start chart 724.8 0.0 183.3 908.1 [+] Public Net Debt 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,818.3 [+] Current Budget Deficit 0.0 0.0 0.0 -4.9

The table shows overall public spendingcentral government and local authoritiesin the United Kingdom for the specified fiscal year. Government expenditure totals are aggregated for each major government function.

All outlays for British public spending prior to 2021 are outturn. More recent spending, including future years out to 2024, are estimated outturn, planned, or guesstimated.

Public sector expenditure between 1992 through 2024 is based on Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA) function or subfunction data published by HM Treasury.

You can use controls on the table to change the year or to drill down to view more detailed spending information. You can also view the spending data as percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Click the button at the right of each line of the table to display a bar chart of public spending in Britain. Click a button at the base of each column for a bar chart or pie chart. You can right click on the chart image to copy and paste it into your own content. Click the image to close the chart display.

Notes

Outturn vs. Plan: Public spending data in ukpublicspending.co.uk includes public spending outturns and also future spending in three categories: estimated outturn, planned, and guesstimated. Records of recent spending are more detailed than historical records of earlier times.

Current Budget Deficit: The Office of Budget Responsibility computes the deficit as (current expenditure less current receipts less depreciation). It will not equal the difference between spending and revenue on this site because this site computes total spending by including both current and capital expenditure and ignoring depreciation.

Public Spending Updates: The current numbers are based on HM Treasurys PESA for 2020. The next update will be made after the PESA 2021 is published in late spring or summer 2021.