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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026 · £ billion, 2024-25 prices

Spending on education, real terms

Spending on education, real terms: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05010020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £96.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £108.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2005: £112.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2006: £117.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2007: £119.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2008: £126.4bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2009: £128.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2010: £135.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2011: £137.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2012: £127.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2013: £121.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2014: £120bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2015: £118.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2016: £117.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2017: £115.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: £115.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: £115.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: £115.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: £116.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: £121.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £121.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £122.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £127.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £125.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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