In 2024/25, the expenditure of the United Kingdom government is expected to be reach 1,226 billion British pounds, with the highest spending function being the 371 billion pounds expected to be spent on social protection, which includes pensions and other welfare benefits. Government spending on health was expected to be 251 billion pounds and was the second-highest spending function in this fiscal year, while education was the next highest category at 131 billion pounds.
Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function
(in billion GBP)
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HM Treasury. (March 6, 2024). Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/
HM Treasury. "Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in billion GBP)." Chart. March 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/
HM Treasury. (2024). Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/
HM Treasury. "Budgeted Public Sector Expenditure on Services in The United Kingdom in 2024/25, by Function (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/
HM Treasury, Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Budgeted public sector expenditure on services in the United Kingdom in 2024/25, by function (in billion GBP) [Graph], HM Treasury, March 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298524/government-spending-in-the-uk/
