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Total Public Spending in the United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2010 +1yr +5yr
	Public Pensions	£116 billion
	National Health Care	+ £117 billion
	State Education	+ £88 billion
	Defence	+ £43 billion
	Social Security	+ £111 billion
	State Protection	+ £34 billion
	Transport	+ £23 billion
	General Government	+ £16 billion
	Other Public Services	+ £94 billion
	Public Sector Interest	+ £31 billion
	Total Spending	= £673 billion
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Spending Data Sources

Expenditure data since 1983 comes from HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis reports.

Detailed table of spending data sources here.

Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.

Central government spending data begins in 1692.

Local authority spending data begins in 1868.

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Data Sources for 2010:

GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Spending: HM Treasury PESA
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank

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UK GDP and Public Debt Update -- March 2026

On July 23, 2026 ukpublicspending.co.uk updated UK GDP and public debt outturn and forecasts released with the Office of Budget Responsibility in March 2026.

Recent and forecast GDP comes from the UK Office of Budget Responsibility's Economic and fiscal outlook report, using table 1.1 from tab "1.1" and table 1.2 from tab "1.2" in a spreadsheet file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook -- detailed forecast tables: economy". UK GDP previous to 2009 comes from Measuring Worth. The data goes back to 1700.

Note that chain-linked GDP is now in 2019 pounds.

Public sector net debt, outturn and forecast, comes from a tab called "Aggregates (£bn)" in the Public Finances Databank spreadsheet at the Office of Budget Responsibility.