UK public spending on transport by year
Roads, railways, local public transport and other transport.
£48.9 billion
1.6%
HM Treasury's Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) put public spending on transport at £48.9 billion in 2025-26. In 2024-25 it was £47.4 billion, so the cash figure changed by +3.2%. Adjusted to 2025-26 prices, it was £29.0 billion in 2003-04 and £48.9 billion in 2025-26. As a share of GDP it was 1.6% in 2025-26; the highest share in the table is 2.3% in 2020-21.
Spending by year
| Year | Cash | Change on previous year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £48.9 billion | +3.2% | £48.9 billion | 1.6% |
| 2024-25 | £47.4 billion | -1.9% | £49.0 billion | 1.6% |
| 2023-24 | £48.3 billion | +6.9% | £52.0 billion | 1.7% |
| 2022-23 | £45.2 billion | +1.3% | £51.2 billion | 1.7% |
| 2021-22 | £44.6 billion | -9.5% | £54.1 billion | 1.9% |
| 2020-21 | £49.3 billion | +43.7% | £60.0 billion | 2.3% |
| 2019-20 | £34.3 billion | +5.2% | £43.9 billion | 1.5% |
| 2018-19 | £32.6 billion | +7.9% | £42.9 billion | 1.5% |
| 2017-18 | £30.2 billion | +5.2% | £40.6 billion | 1.4% |
| 2016-17 | £28.7 billion | +3.2% | £39.1 billion | 1.4% |
| 2015-16 | £27.8 billion | +26.9% | £38.6 billion | 1.4% |
| 2014-15 | £21.9 billion | +5.8% | £30.6 billion | 1.2% |
| 2013-14 | £20.7 billion | +3.0% | £29.4 billion | 1.1% |
| 2012-13 | £20.1 billion | -1.0% | £29.1 billion | 1.2% |
| 2011-12 | £20.3 billion | -5.1% | £29.9 billion | 1.2% |
| 2010-11 | £21.4 billion | -6.6% | £32.2 billion | 1.3% |
| 2009-10 | £22.9 billion | +9.6% | £35.0 billion | 1.5% |
| 2008-09 | £20.9 billion | +2.0% | £32.4 billion | 1.3% |
| 2007-08 | £20.5 billion | +3.5% | £33.0 billion | 1.3% |
| 2006-07 | £19.8 billion | +17.2% | £32.5 billion | 1.3% |
| 2005-06 | £16.9 billion | +6.3% | £28.6 billion | 1.2% |
| 2004-05 | £15.9 billion | -1.9% | £27.6 billion | 1.2% |
| 2003-04 | £16.2 billion | £29.0 billion | 1.3% |
PESA 2026 Tables 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, line "of which: transport (3), (4)". About these figures · CSV
Sources and receipts
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, Chapter 4 tables, HM Treasury.
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