HM Treasury · Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025 · £ million

Spending on R&D economic affairs

Spending on R&D economic affairs: Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k20212022202320242025Year ending March 2021: £6.6bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £6.6bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £7.4bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £9.8bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £9.7bn £ million · published 17 July 2025

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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 5: expenditure by sub-function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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