Total managed expenditure during the Conservative 2019–2024 government
Year ending March 2019 → Year ending March 2024 · 5 periods
↑ 43.3%+£371.4bn £ billion
Total managed expenditure rose by 43.3% over the period, from £857.6bn £ billion (Year ending March 2019, the level when the government took office) to £1.23tn (Year ending March 2024, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2019: £857.6bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2024: £1.23tn
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
Everything the public sector spent in the financial year, in cash terms: expenditure on services plus the accounting adjustments that reconcile it to the national accounts.
Doesn’t measure: Spending by any one department or nation, or spending in real terms.