UK public spending on environment protection by year
Waste management, pollution reduction and protecting biodiversity.
£19.2 billion
0.6%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on environment protection at £19.2 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £17.3 billion, so the cash figure changed by +11.0%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £11.1 billion in 2003-04 and £19.2 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 0.6% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 0.7% in 2009-10.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £19.2 billion | +11.0% | £19.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2024-25 | £17.3 billion | +8.1% | £17.8 billion | 0.6% |
| 2023-24 | £16.0 billion | +11.1% | £17.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2022-23 | £14.4 billion | +4.3% | £16.3 billion | 0.5% |
| 2021-22 | £13.8 billion | +6.2% | £16.7 billion | 0.6% |
| 2020-21 | £13.0 billion | +10.2% | £15.8 billion | 0.6% |
| 2019-20 | £11.8 billion | +6.3% | £15.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2018-19 | £11.1 billion | -5.9% | £14.6 billion | 0.5% |
| 2017-18 | £11.8 billion | +6.3% | £15.8 billion | 0.6% |
| 2016-17 | £11.1 billion | -4.3% | £15.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2015-16 | £11.6 billion | – | £16.1 billion | 0.6% |
| 2014-15 | £11.6 billion | +3.6% | £16.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2013-14 | £11.2 billion | +4.7% | £15.9 billion | 0.6% |
| 2012-13 | £10.7 billion | +1.9% | £15.5 billion | 0.6% |
| 2011-12 | £10.5 billion | -3.7% | £15.4 billion | 0.6% |
| 2010-11 | £10.9 billion | +4.8% | £16.4 billion | 0.7% |
| 2009-10 | £10.4 billion | +13.0% | £15.9 billion | 0.7% |
| 2008-09 | £9.2 billion | -4.2% | £14.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2007-08 | £9.6 billion | +2.1% | £15.4 billion | 0.6% |
| 2006-07 | £9.4 billion | +10.6% | £15.4 billion | 0.6% |
| 2005-06 | £8.5 billion | +21.4% | £14.3 billion | 0.6% |
| 2004-05 | £7.0 billion | +12.9% | £12.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2003-04 | £6.2 billion | £11.1 billion | 0.5% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "5. Environment protection". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
File: PESA_2026_CP_Chapter_4_tables.xlsx. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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