HM Treasury · Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025 · £ million

Spending on under fives

Spending on under fives: Year ending March 2021 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k6k20212022202320242025Year ending March 2021: £4.7bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £4.6bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £4.8bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £5.2bn £ million · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £7.4bn £ million · published 17 July 2025

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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 5: expenditure by sub-function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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