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

Spending on defence

Spending on defence: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020406020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £27bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £28.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: £29.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: £31bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: £32.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: £33.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: £36.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: £37.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: £39.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: £38.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: £36.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: £36.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: £36.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: £36.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £37.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £38.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £40.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £42.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £44.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £48.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £55.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £56.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £63.6bn £ 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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