Spending Breakdown

Public Spending Breakdown

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Total Public Spending in the United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority -5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 1945   +1yr +5yr
	Public Pensions	£0 million
	National Health Care	+ £141 million
	State Education	+ £233 million
	Defence	+ £5,153 million
	Social Security	+ £278 million
	State Protection	+ £58 million
	Transport	+ £139 million
	General Government	+ £20 million
	Other Public Services	+ £347 million
	Public Sector Interest	+ £572 million
	Balance	+ £29 million
	Total Spending	= £6,969 million
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What is the spending data; where is it from?

• Central government spending data begins in 1692.
• Local authority spending data begins in 1868.
• Recent spending data is from official government sources. Spending data prior to 1950 is from published academic research.
• Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.

Sources

UK regional GVA
UK Office of National Statistics links to regional GVA (GDP) in UK

2010 June Budget
Advance PR for Chancellor Osborne's June 22 Budget.

United Nations Statistics Division - Classifications Registry
UN COFOG Codes

Measuring Worth - GDP Series for US and UK
includes GDP and chained GDP for US; GDP and chained GDP for UK

A Century of Change
stats for UK (and sources)

United Kingdom National Accounts - The Blue Book
contents page - goes back to 1985 in pdf

Changes to the Public Expenditure by Function Series Technical Note (10 March 2004)
adjustments to conform to UN COFOG

PDF file of Production of the Public Expenditure by Function Historical Series
HM Treasury reconciliation of changing data series.

UK Local Government Finance Statistics
from UK Department for Communities and Local Government

UK Annual Abstract 2006 (pdf)
UK national stats

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Data Sources for 1945:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
(2) B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

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Added Population Data

We have added UK population data to ukpublicspending.co.uk as follows:

1. Population Estimates for 1901-1981.  From UK Parliament here.
2. Population Estimates for 1981-2010.  From Office for National Statistics here.  Data from Region and Country Profiles - Population and Migration Tables - October 2011
3. Country Population Projection through 2020. From Office for National Statistics here.  Data from Table 1.2 Actual and projected population of the UK by constituent country, 1971-2058
4. Regional Population Projection through 2020. From Office for National Statistics here. Data from Table 1: England and GORs (Government Office Regions)

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