HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion

Spending on education

Spending on education: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05010020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £54.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £61bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: £65.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: £69.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: £73bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: £78.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: £83bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: £88.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: £91.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: £86.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: £84.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: £84.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: £85.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: £84.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £84.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £86.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £88.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £90.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £95.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £100.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £107.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £114.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £118.7bn £ 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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