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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion

Spending on economic affairs

Spending on economic affairs: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05010015020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £30.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £33.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: £33.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: £35.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: £37.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: £37.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: £49.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: £48.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: £40bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: £37.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: £36.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: £40.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: £41.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: £47bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £49.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £53.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £60.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £66.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £196.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £97.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £124.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £94.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £86.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 4: expenditure by function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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