Public sector net borrowing
UK public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, £ million per calendar year. The ONS records borrowing as a negative number.
Net borrowing
−£151.4bn
2025
Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 12:02 UTCSource: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
20 periods, newest first
| Period | Net borrowing |
|---|---|
| 2025 | −£151.4bn |
| 2024 | −£148.6bn |
| 2023 | −£145.5bn |
| 2022 | −£104.4bn |
| 2021 | −£157.9bn |
| 2020 | −£269.9bn |
| 2019 | −£49.8bn |
| 2018 | −£51.4bn |
| 2017 | −£56.2bn |
| 2016 | −£67.6bn |
| 2015 | −£85.4bn |
| 2014 | −£104.4bn |
| 2013 | −£103.6bn |
| 2012 | −£130.4bn |
| 2011 | −£122.2bn |
| 2010 | −£148.6bn |
| 2009 | −£161.0bn |
| 2008 | −£88.0bn |
| 2007 | −£41.8bn |
| 2006 | −£43.6bn |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/j5ii/pusf
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 29 October 2026, 11:52 UTC
- Publisher release
- 2026-10-20T23:00:00.000Z; next release 20 November 2026
- Series as published
- PS: Net Borrowing (excluding public sector banks): £m: CPNSA (J5II, dataset PUSF)
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/j5ii/pusf/dataSHA-256 a33d713ea1ac2d96d3f5adf9719072b90d4d69cb1fe43c61dc2c803c8b3d8248 · 161,684 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 29 October 2026, 12:02 UTC Run at 29 October 2026, 12:02 UTC; 20 of 20 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-29T11:52:27Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 20 of 20 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 20 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 20 of 20 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS CSV download agrees | 20 of 20 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/j5ii/pusf |
| Pass | ONS series is current | last released 2026-10-20, 8 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release 20 November 2026 |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/j5ii/pusf – HTTP 200 |