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Public Spending Details for 2001

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£ billion£ millionpercent GDP% non-gov GDPpercent Centralpercent Total£000 per c£ per capicodes Spending Units: By default, public spending is displayed in billions of pounds. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select millions of pounds, percent of GDP, percent of central government spending, and percent of total spending. 19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015 Fiscal Year: The default year displayed is the current HM Treasury fiscal year. But you can select any year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. You can increase or decrease the year using the “yr” text links in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a year to get close, then select the year you want. East EnglandEast MidlandsEnglandLondonNorth EastNorth WestNorthern IrelandScotlandSouth EastSouth WestUnited KingdomWalesWest MidlandsYorkshire and Hu UK or Country/Region: By default, the table shows values for all spending in the United Kingdom. But you can select individual countries by selecting the country dropdown control in the table heading. No Pie ChartTotal PieCentral PieLocal Pie Pie Chart: You can select a pie chart. You can create a pie chart for central government, local authority, and overall spending/revenue. PESA 2011PESA 2010PESA 2009PESA 2008PESA 2007PESA 2006PESA 2005PESA 2004PESA 2003PESA 2002PESA 2001PESA 2000PESA 1999PESA 1998 HM Treasury PESA Year: By default, the table displays planned and outturn public spending in the current HM Treasury PESA. But you can look at previous planned numbers using the dropdown control at the bottom of the table. full screen
GDP: £1,021.8 billion(1)	United Kingdom Central Government and Local Authority Spending -2yr -1yr     Fiscal Year 2001     +1yr +5yr Amounts in £ billion	Pop: 59.1 million

Change View:	default COFOG	Central (2)	General Gov.(2)	Local (2)	Total	charts
[+] Pensions		73.4	0.0	0.0	73.4
[+] Health Care		53.9	0.0	0.4	54.3
[+] Education		16.5	0.0	29.9	46.4
[+] Bar Chart: Click on a chart icon to display a bar chart. There are chart icons along the base of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the chart columns. There are also chart icons along the right edge of the table; they create charts to depict the numbers in the table rows. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers on public spending. Defence		29.9	0.0	0.0	29.9
[+] Welfare		32.9	0.0	24.8	57.7
[+] Protection		8.8	0.0	11.4	20.2
[+] Transport		5.0	0.0	4.3	9.2
[+] General Government		5.5	0.0	3.2	8.7
[+] Other Spending		17.0	0.0	22.2	39.2
[+] Interest		26.0	0.0	0.4	26.4
[+] Balance		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7
[+] Total Spending		269.5	0.0	96.6	366.1
[+] Public Net Debt		0.0	0.0	0.0	312.4
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The table shows overall public spending—central government and local authorities—in the United Kingdom for the specified fiscal year. Government expenditure totals are aggregated for each major government function.

All outlays for British public spending prior to 2011 are outturn. More recent spending, including future years out to 2015, are estimated outturn, planned, or guesstimated.

Public sector expenditure between 1992 through 2015 is based on Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA) function or subfunction data published by HM Treasury.

You can use controls on the table to change the year or to drill down to view more detailed spending information. You can also view the spending data as percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Click the button at the right of each line of the table to display a bar chart of public spending in Britain. Click a button at the base of each column for a bar chart or pie chart. You can right click on the chart image to copy and paste it into your own content. Click the image to close the chart display.

Notes

Outturn vs. Plan: Public spending data in ukpublicspending.co.uk includes public spending outturns and also future spending in three categories: estimated outturn, planned, and guesstimated. Records of recent spending are more detailed than historical records of earlier times.

Public Spending Updates: The current numbers are based on HM Treasury’s PESA for 2011. The next update will be made after the PESA 2012 is published in late spring or summer 2012.

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 2001:

GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: HM Treasury PESA

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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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