Tuesday, 14 July 2009


2005 2009

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< -yrValues in £ billion
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20052006200720082009
Total Spending488502543575631
Public Net Debt462501602614794
Pensions869093100110
Health Care839094102110
Education6368717680
Defence3335363842
Welfare7881848894
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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 18xx.

  • 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.

PESA 2009 Released


On June 19, 2009, HM Treasury releasedPublic Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2009. This release updates outturn data for 2007-08, estimated outturn data for 2008-09, and plan data for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Normally, HM Treasury would provide plan data for year 2011-12, the third out-year. But this year HM Treasury has not provided this data.

ukpublicspending.co.uk has updated its 2008 data with the new outturn data. It has updated 2009 data with the new estimated outturn data and has updated 2010 and 2011 data with plan data.

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Chancellor Darling's "budget for jobs."

Chancellor confirms Budget date set for April 22nd
after Parliament's Easter recess and London G20 meeting.

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