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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2022 to Year ending March 2026 · £ million

Spending on prisons

Spending on prisons: Year ending March 2022 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k20222023202420252026Year ending March 2022: £5.4bn £ million · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £6.1bn £ million · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £6.6bn £ million · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £7.4bn £ million · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £8.4bn £ million · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 5: expenditure by sub-function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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