UK public spending on public and common services by year
Running central and local government: executive and legislative bodies, tax collection and general services.
£24.9 billion
0.8%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on public and common services at £24.9 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £23.3 billion, so the cash figure changed by +6.9%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £19.4 billion in 2003-04 and £24.9 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 0.8% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 1.2% in 2021-22.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £24.9 billion | +6.9% | £24.9 billion | 0.8% |
| 2024-25 | £23.3 billion | -10.7% | £24.1 billion | 0.8% |
| 2023-24 | £26.1 billion | -4.0% | £28.1 billion | 0.9% |
| 2022-23 | £27.2 billion | -3.2% | £30.9 billion | 1.0% |
| 2021-22 | £28.1 billion | +52.7% | £34.1 billion | 1.2% |
| 2020-21 | £18.4 billion | +27.8% | £22.4 billion | 0.9% |
| 2019-20 | £14.4 billion | +13.4% | £18.4 billion | 0.6% |
| 2018-19 | £12.7 billion | +2.4% | £16.7 billion | 0.6% |
| 2017-18 | £12.4 billion | -0.8% | £16.7 billion | 0.6% |
| 2016-17 | £12.5 billion | -12.6% | £17.0 billion | 0.6% |
| 2015-16 | £14.3 billion | +24.3% | £19.8 billion | 0.7% |
| 2014-15 | £11.5 billion | +2.7% | £16.1 billion | 0.6% |
| 2013-14 | £11.2 billion | – | £15.9 billion | 0.6% |
| 2012-13 | £11.2 billion | -2.6% | £16.2 billion | 0.6% |
| 2011-12 | £11.5 billion | -10.2% | £16.9 billion | 0.7% |
| 2010-11 | £12.8 billion | -7.2% | £19.2 billion | 0.8% |
| 2009-10 | £13.8 billion | -1.4% | £21.1 billion | 0.9% |
| 2008-09 | £14.0 billion | +12.0% | £21.7 billion | 0.9% |
| 2007-08 | £12.5 billion | -1.6% | £20.1 billion | 0.8% |
| 2006-07 | £12.7 billion | -0.8% | £20.8 billion | 0.9% |
| 2005-06 | £12.8 billion | +5.8% | £21.6 billion | 0.9% |
| 2004-05 | £12.1 billion | +11.0% | £21.0 billion | 0.9% |
| 2003-04 | £10.9 billion | £19.4 billion | 0.9% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "of which: public and common services". 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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