HM Treasury · Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026 · £ billion

Spending on public sector debt interest

Spending on public sector debt interest: Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05010020182020202220242026Year ending March 2017: £56.9bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: £61.6bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: £56.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: £55.2bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: £42.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: £72.7bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £130.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £127.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £126.5bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £130.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026

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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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