Total managed expenditure, real terms during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending March 2019 · 2 periods
↑ 1.9%+£20.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices
Total managed expenditure, real terms rose by 1.9% over the period, from £1.1tn £ billion, 2024-25 prices (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to £1.12tn (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: £1.1tn
Level when it left Year ending March 2019: £1.12tn
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
Total managed expenditure restated at 2024-25 prices with the ONS GDP deflator, so a rise is a rise in the volume of spending rather than in prices.
Doesn’t measure: Cash amounts actually paid in each year.