UK public spending on economic affairs by year
Transport, enterprise and economic development, science and technology, employment policies and agriculture.
£94.0 billion
3.1%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on economic affairs at £94.0 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £88.0 billion, so the cash figure changed by +6.8%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £59.0 billion in 2003-04 and £94.0 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 3.1% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 9.3% in 2020-21.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £94.0 billion | +6.8% | £94.0 billion | 3.1% |
| 2024-25 | £88.0 billion | -6.8% | £91.0 billion | 3.0% |
| 2023-24 | £94.4 billion | -24.2% | £101.6 billion | 3.4% |
| 2022-23 | £124.5 billion | +27.4% | £141.1 billion | 4.7% |
| 2021-22 | £97.7 billion | -50.2% | £118.5 billion | 4.1% |
| 2020-21 | £196.3 billion | +194.7% | £238.6 billion | 9.3% |
| 2019-20 | £66.6 billion | +9.7% | £85.2 billion | 2.9% |
| 2018-19 | £60.7 billion | +14.5% | £79.7 billion | 2.8% |
| 2017-18 | £53.0 billion | +7.9% | £71.2 billion | 2.5% |
| 2016-17 | £49.1 billion | +4.7% | £66.8 billion | 2.4% |
| 2015-16 | £46.9 billion | +14.4% | £65.1 billion | 2.4% |
| 2014-15 | £41.0 billion | +0.5% | £57.3 billion | 2.2% |
| 2013-14 | £40.8 billion | +11.5% | £57.9 billion | 2.3% |
| 2012-13 | £36.6 billion | -2.9% | £53.0 billion | 2.1% |
| 2011-12 | £37.7 billion | -5.5% | £55.5 billion | 2.2% |
| 2010-11 | £39.9 billion | -17.9% | £60.0 billion | 2.4% |
| 2009-10 | £48.6 billion | -2.0% | £74.3 billion | 3.1% |
| 2008-09 | £49.6 billion | +33.0% | £76.8 billion | 3.1% |
| 2007-08 | £37.3 billion | -0.3% | £59.9 billion | 2.4% |
| 2006-07 | £37.4 billion | +6.2% | £61.3 billion | 2.5% |
| 2005-06 | £35.2 billion | +5.1% | £59.4 billion | 2.5% |
| 2004-05 | £33.5 billion | +1.5% | £58.1 billion | 2.5% |
| 2003-04 | £33.0 billion | £59.0 billion | 2.6% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "4. Economic affairs". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
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