Spending on education during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 3.8%−£3.4bn £ billion
Spending on education fell by 3.8% over the period, from £88.5bn £ billion (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to £85.1bn (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: £88.5bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: £85.1bn
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Public sector spending on education across the UK, including schools, further and higher education, in cash terms.
Doesn’t measure: Spending per pupil, or the effect of the change in how student loans are scored from 2011-12.