Spending on transport during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending March 2019 · 2 periods
↑ 13.5%+£3.9bn £ billion
Spending on transport rose by 13.5% over the period, from £28.8bn £ billion (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to £32.7bn (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: £28.8bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2019: £32.7bn
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Public sector spending on transport across the UK, in cash terms.
Doesn’t measure: Spending on roads or rail separately, or the effect of the reclassification of Network Rail from 2011-12.