UK public spending on housing and community amenities by year
Housing development, community development, water supply and street lighting.
£22.5 billion
0.7%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on housing and community amenities at £22.5 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £21.7 billion, so the cash figure changed by +3.7%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £12.0 billion in 2003-04 and £22.5 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 0.7% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 1.0% in 2008-09.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £22.5 billion | +3.7% | £22.5 billion | 0.7% |
| 2024-25 | £21.7 billion | +3.8% | £22.4 billion | 0.7% |
| 2023-24 | £20.9 billion | +20.1% | £22.5 billion | 0.7% |
| 2022-23 | £17.4 billion | +13.7% | £19.7 billion | 0.7% |
| 2021-22 | £15.3 billion | +11.7% | £18.5 billion | 0.6% |
| 2020-21 | £13.7 billion | -4.2% | £16.7 billion | 0.7% |
| 2019-20 | £14.3 billion | +17.2% | £18.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2018-19 | £12.2 billion | +6.1% | £16.0 billion | 0.6% |
| 2017-18 | £11.5 billion | +10.6% | £15.4 billion | 0.5% |
| 2016-17 | £10.4 billion | +5.1% | £14.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2015-16 | £9.9 billion | -4.8% | £13.7 billion | 0.5% |
| 2014-15 | £10.4 billion | +4.0% | £14.5 billion | 0.5% |
| 2013-14 | £10.0 billion | -1.0% | £14.1 billion | 0.5% |
| 2012-13 | £10.1 billion | -1.9% | £14.5 billion | 0.6% |
| 2011-12 | £10.3 billion | -23.1% | £15.1 billion | 0.6% |
| 2010-11 | £13.4 billion | -18.3% | £20.1 billion | 0.8% |
| 2009-10 | £16.4 billion | +6.5% | £25.0 billion | 1.0% |
| 2008-09 | £15.4 billion | +17.6% | £23.8 billion | 1.0% |
| 2007-08 | £13.1 billion | +12.9% | £21.0 billion | 0.8% |
| 2006-07 | £11.6 billion | +7.4% | £18.9 billion | 0.8% |
| 2005-06 | £10.8 billion | +33.3% | £18.1 billion | 0.8% |
| 2004-05 | £8.1 billion | +19.1% | £14.0 billion | 0.6% |
| 2003-04 | £6.8 billion | £12.0 billion | 0.5% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "6. Housing and community amenities". 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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