HM Treasury · Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion, 2024-25 prices

Spending on education, real terms

Spending on education, real terms: Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05010020212022202320242025Year ending March 2021: £112bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £118.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £118.3bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £118.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £118.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · 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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