Total managed expenditure, real terms during the Labour 2005–2010 government
Year ending March 2005 → Year ending March 2010 · 5 periods
↑ 18.9%+£169.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices
Total managed expenditure, real terms rose by 18.9% over the period, from £895.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices (Year ending March 2005, the level when the government took office) to £1.06tn (Year ending March 2010, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2005: £895.1bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2010: £1.06tn
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
Total managed expenditure restated at 2024-25 prices with the ONS GDP deflator, so a rise is a rise in the volume of spending rather than in prices.
Doesn’t measure: Cash amounts actually paid in each year.