Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpinThe chart as a table
Period
Public sector net borrowing
August 2016
-£7.3bn
September 2016
-£10.8bn
October 2016
-£8bn
November 2016
-£6.9bn
December 2016
-£5.3bn
January 2017
£8.6bn
February 2017
£179m
March 2017
-£2.7bn
April 2017
-£12.6bn
May 2017
-£7.2bn
June 2017
-£6.5bn
July 2017
-£219m
August 2017
-£5.5bn
September 2017
-£9.9bn
October 2017
-£8bn
November 2017
-£6.5bn
December 2017
-£4.4bn
January 2018
£5.8bn
February 2018
-£2.6bn
March 2018
-£1.8bn
April 2018
-£10bn
May 2018
-£4.5bn
June 2018
-£4.1bn
July 2018
£2.5bn
August 2018
-£7bn
September 2018
-£8.9bn
October 2018
-£9.3bn
November 2018
-£5.8bn
December 2018
-£5.4bn
January 2019
£10.3bn
February 2019
-£2.1bn
March 2019
£19m
April 2019
-£11.1bn
May 2019
-£4.7bn
June 2019
-£6.8bn
July 2019
£1.2bn
August 2019
-£4.9bn
September 2019
-£8.7bn
October 2019
-£11.3bn
November 2019
-£5.5bn
December 2019
-£6.1bn
January 2020
£8.2bn
February 2020
-£1.9bn
March 2020
-£6.8bn
April 2020
-£49bn
May 2020
-£51.1bn
June 2020
-£32.2bn
July 2020
-£21.8bn
August 2020
-£24bn
September 2020
-£28bn
October 2020
-£17.9bn
November 2020
-£21.4bn
December 2020
-£23.9bn
January 2021
-£1.3bn
February 2021
-£15.5bn
March 2021
-£24.8bn
April 2021
-£23.5bn
May 2021
-£17.1bn
June 2021
-£18.7bn
July 2021
-£4.3bn
August 2021
-£13.9bn
September 2021
-£16.8bn
October 2021
-£8bn
November 2021
-£7.4bn
December 2021
-£9.8bn
January 2022
£12bn
February 2022
-£7.1bn
March 2022
-£5.5bn
April 2022
-£13.4bn
May 2022
-£8.7bn
June 2022
-£18.9bn
July 2022
-£605m
August 2022
-£7.9bn
September 2022
-£15.4bn
October 2022
-£11.1bn
November 2022
-£15.6bn
December 2022
-£15.9bn
January 2023
£8.6bn
February 2023
-£10.9bn
March 2023
-£17.6bn
April 2023
-£20bn
May 2023
-£15.4bn
June 2023
-£19.1bn
July 2023
-£2.7bn
August 2023
-£11.5bn
September 2023
-£15.5bn
October 2023
-£16.5bn
November 2023
-£15bn
December 2023
-£8.1bn
January 2024
£14.3bn
February 2024
-£11.4bn
March 2024
-£14.4bn
April 2024
-£19.4bn
May 2024
-£17.5bn
June 2024
-£14.6bn
July 2024
-£4bn
August 2024
-£14.9bn
September 2024
-£18.8bn
October 2024
-£19.4bn
November 2024
-£13.5bn
December 2024
-£18.7bn
January 2025
£14.7bn
February 2025
-£11.9bn
March 2025
-£13.8bn
April 2025
-£19.6bn
May 2025
-£18bn
June 2025
-£24bn
July 2025
-£1.1bn
August 2025
-£14.9bn
September 2025
-£22.2bn
October 2025
-£15.8bn
November 2025
-£9.5bn
December 2025
-£12.6bn
January 2026
£32.3bn
February 2026
-£12.4bn
March 2026
-£12bn
April 2026
-£23.1bn
May 2026
-£19bn
June 2026
-£12.8bn
July 2026
-£1.8bn
Source: ONS, Public sector finances time series (PUSF), Public sector finances, UK: July 2026 (published 20 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.
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<a href="https://civometry.com/charts/public-sector-net-borrowing"><img src="https://civometry.com/charts/public-sector-net-borrowing/svg?range=10y" alt="Public sector net borrowing, August 2016 to July 2026. Source: ONS. Data presentation: Civometry." width="720" height="300"></a>