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Net fiscal balance, England's regions and the UK's nations

Public spending less revenue raised in England's nine regions, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with England and the UK, in the latest two financial years, £ million, with North Sea oil and gas revenue shared by geography, from the ONS's country and regional public sector finances.

United Kingdom

£151.8bn

2024/25

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC
Net fiscal balance, England's regions and the UK's nations
  • 2024/25
  • 2023/24
−£60bn−£40bn−£20bn£0bn£20bn£40bnNorth West£39.9bn£36.6bnWest Midlands£31.3bn£28.3bnScotland£25.9bn£22.2bnYorkshire and The Humber£24.0bn£21.0bnWales£22.8bn£20.9bnNorth East£19.5bn£18.0bnEast Midlands£18.1bn£16.6bnNorthern Ireland£15.8bn£14.8bnSouth West£14.7bn£13.9bnEast of England£4.5bn£3.8bnSouth East−£15.7bn−£15.8bnLondon−£48.8bn−£45.3bn

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

14 rows

Area2024/252023/24
North West£39.9bn£36.6bn
West Midlands£31.3bn£28.3bn
Scotland£25.9bn£22.2bn
Yorkshire and The Humber£24.0bn£21.0bn
Wales£22.8bn£20.9bn
North East£19.5bn£18.0bn
East Midlands£18.1bn£16.6bn
Northern Ireland£15.8bn£14.8bn
South West£14.7bn£13.9bn
East of England£4.5bn£3.8bn
South East−£15.7bn−£15.8bn
London−£48.8bn−£45.3bn
England£87.3bn£77.0bn
United Kingdom£151.8bn£135.0bn

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesnetfiscalbalancetables
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 12:38 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 12:50 UTC; 28 of 28 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T12:38:48Z; 3 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2563 of 3 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures28 of 28 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers28 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure28 of 28 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS edition is currentthe financialyearending2025 edition counts at 2025-03-31, 576 days before retrieval (limit 900)
PassThe regions add up to Englandin 2 of 2 cases the nine regions' balances, each a difference of rounded figures, sum to the whole within 5 (0 exactly)
PassThe twelve areas add up to the UKin 2 of 2 cases the twelve areas' balances, each a difference of rounded figures, sum to the whole within 6 (0 exactly)
PassThe hub's net-fiscal-balance-by-nation agrees8 of 8 figures match net-fiscal-balance-by-nation's record (the same workbook's nations, read by that dataset)
PassSource page answershttps://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesnetfiscalbalancetables – HTTP 200

Notes

  • A positive balance is a deficit: the public sector spent more in the area than it raised there; a minus is a surplus. North Sea oil and gas revenue is shared by where the oil and gas is, as the ONS's geographic share does. The UK's balance is public sector net borrowing on these definitions.
  • Each balance is a difference of rounded figures, so the regions add up to England within a few £ million. The chart leaves England and the UK to the table, since they would dwarf every region.