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

Spending on public order and safety

Spending on public order and safety: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0204020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £24.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £26.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: £28.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: £29.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: £30.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: £31.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: £33.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: £34.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: £33.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: £32.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: £31.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: £29.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: £30.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: £30.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £30.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £31.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £32.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £34.5bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £38.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £39.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £44.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £48.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £51.4bn £ 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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