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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion

Spending on public sector debt interest

Spending on public sector debt interest: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05010020162018202020222024Year ending March 2016: £54.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £56.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £61.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £56.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £55.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £42.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £72.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £130.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £126.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £124.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 4: expenditure by function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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