Spending on education during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending March 2019 · 2 periods
↑ 3.8%+£3.2bn £ billion
Spending on education rose by 3.8% over the period, from £84.9bn £ billion (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to £88.1bn (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: £84.9bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2019: £88.1bn
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Public sector spending on education across the UK, including schools, further and higher education, in cash terms.
Doesn’t measure: Spending per pupil, or the effect of the change in how student loans are scored from 2011-12.