UK public spending on enterprise and economic development by year
Support for business, industry and economic development.
£23.5 billion
0.8%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on enterprise and economic development at £23.5 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £20.9 billion, so the cash figure changed by +12.4%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £10.7 billion in 2003-04 and £23.5 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 0.8% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 6.2% in 2020-21.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £23.5 billion | +12.4% | £23.5 billion | 0.8% |
| 2024-25 | £20.9 billion | -15.0% | £21.6 billion | 0.7% |
| 2023-24 | £24.6 billion | -60.4% | £26.5 billion | 0.9% |
| 2022-23 | £62.1 billion | +71.1% | £70.4 billion | 2.4% |
| 2021-22 | £36.3 billion | -72.4% | £44.1 billion | 1.5% |
| 2020-21 | £131.5 billion | +618.6% | £159.8 billion | 6.2% |
| 2019-20 | £18.3 billion | +29.8% | £23.4 billion | 0.8% |
| 2018-19 | £14.1 billion | +31.8% | £18.5 billion | 0.6% |
| 2017-18 | £10.7 billion | +28.9% | £14.4 billion | 0.5% |
| 2016-17 | £8.3 billion | +10.7% | £11.3 billion | 0.4% |
| 2015-16 | £7.5 billion | +13.6% | £10.4 billion | 0.4% |
| 2014-15 | £6.6 billion | -1.5% | £9.2 billion | 0.3% |
| 2013-14 | £6.7 billion | +34.0% | £9.5 billion | 0.4% |
| 2012-13 | £5.0 billion | +4.2% | £7.2 billion | 0.3% |
| 2011-12 | £4.8 billion | -2.0% | £7.1 billion | 0.3% |
| 2010-11 | £4.9 billion | -59.8% | £7.4 billion | 0.3% |
| 2009-10 | £12.2 billion | -24.7% | £18.6 billion | 0.8% |
| 2008-09 | £16.2 billion | +128.2% | £25.1 billion | 1.0% |
| 2007-08 | £7.1 billion | +12.7% | £11.4 billion | 0.5% |
| 2006-07 | £6.3 billion | -1.6% | £10.3 billion | 0.4% |
| 2005-06 | £6.4 billion | -1.5% | £10.8 billion | 0.4% |
| 2004-05 | £6.5 billion | +8.3% | £11.3 billion | 0.5% |
| 2003-04 | £6.0 billion | £10.7 billion | 0.5% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "of which: enterprise and economic development (2)". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
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