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    compiled by Christopher Chantrill

    Download UK Public Spending Data Series 1692-2026

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    You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the public spending data in ukpublicspending.co.uk. You select the data series you want and then copy-paste the tab delimited data from a textbox on this page into your spreadsheet.

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    Copy and Paste: When you have created the dataset you want then just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

    Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.You can remove a data series by selecting “out” in the dropdown for each data series.

    YearGDP(CKDCD) Civil defence(GKDCD) Civil defence(LKDCD) Civil Defence
    195114.305no data136no data
    195215.536no data78no data
    195316.682no data88no data
    195417.597no data79no data
    195519.169no data30no data
    195620.844no data4no data
    195722.104no data-21no data
    195823.22no data2no data
    195924.388no data0no data
    196026.201no data-13no data
    196127.918no data7no data
    196229.235no data13no data
    196331.099no data13no data
    196434.047no data19no data
    196536.828no data22no data
    196639.394no data20no data
    196741.673no data21no data
    196845.795no data8no data
    196949.761no data3no data
    197056.041no data6no data
    197162.87no data6no data
    197270.578no data9no data
    197381.793no data11no data
    197492.673no data13no data
    1975115.093no data11no data
    1976136.999no data28no data
    1977159.786no data12no data
    1978186.158no data16no data
    1979220.981no data40no data
    1980259.97no data32no data
    1981290.18no data27no data
    1982319.558no data35no data
    1993769.85541no datano data
    1994810.7941no datano data
    1995851.84523no datano data
    1996909.99323no datano data
    1997953.40528no datano data
    1998998.50124no datano data
    19991043.252no datano data
    20001100.752no datano data
    20011146.142no datano data
    20021191.4432no data
    20031258.3342no data
    20041322.64862no data
    20051398.75353no data
    20061472.04233no data
    20071544.64323no data
    20081593.6263no data
    20091582.7193no data
    20101558.1134no data
    20111627.2724no data
    20121672.3463no data
    20131727.5444no data
    20141800.8504no data
    20151879.504no data
    20161931.503no data
    20172015.802no data
    20182099.803no data
    20192170.202no data
    20202240.803no data
    20212085.603no data
    20222357.803no data
    20232583.206no data
    2024274902no data
    20252881.30no datano data
    20262993.90no datano data

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    Data Sources for 2026:

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    UK Public Revenue Outturn -- March 2026

    On April 23, 2026 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its annual Public Sector Finances report. On April 30, 2026 we updated ukpublicrevenue.co.uk with the new public finance data.

    UK Government Revenue
    £ billion2025-26
    forecast    		2025-26
    actual
    Central Government£1,071.9£1,136.9
    Local Authorities£69.1£70.1
    Total UK Revenue£1,141.0£1,207.0

    Revenue outturn data comes from the Office for National Statistics' March 2026 Public Sector Finances report using a spreadsheet file pusf.csv labeled "Public sector finances time series". Outturn revenue data for ukpublicrevenue.co.uk now extends from 1692 to 2025-26. 

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