Budget
Where does UK public spending go?
Total Managed Expenditure broken down by government function (COFOG). Click a function for the multi-year trend.
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Primary source: Illustrative seed dataNet borrowing
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Spending by function (COFOG) · 2025-26
Click a bar for the multi-year trend, or open the row below for the calculation and source rows.
Evidence & sources (10)
- £341bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £210bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £128bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £116bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £96bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £57bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £45bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £18bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £14bn70% confSeed COFOG
- £12bn70% confSeed COFOG
Social Protection — trend
Latest (2025-26): £341bn
Source: Seed COFOG
Where the money comes from — receipts · 2025-26
Top tax and receipt lines from the HM Treasury / ONS public finances databank.
Evidence & sources (7)
- £277bn70% confSeed dataset
- £178bn70% confSeed dataset
- £169bn70% confSeed dataset
- £93bn70% confSeed dataset
- £80bn70% confSeed dataset
- £46bn70% confSeed dataset
- £25bn70% confSeed dataset