Public spending per head, UK and its nations
Public spending on services per person in the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the last five financial years, £, from HM Treasury's country and regional analysis.
United Kingdom
£13,504
2024/25
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC- United Kingdom
- England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Source: HM Treasury. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
5 periods, newest first
| Period | United Kingdom | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | £13,504 | £13,134 | £15,155 | £15,563 | £16,116 |
| 2023/24 | £12,944 | £12,603 | £14,451 | £14,829 | £15,337 |
| 2022/23 | £12,552 | £12,219 | £13,931 | £14,560 | £14,528 |
| 2021/22 | £11,853 | £11,489 | £13,364 | £14,018 | £14,058 |
| 2020/21 | £13,371 | £13,094 | £14,493 | £14,943 | £15,290 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- HM Treasury
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 30 October 2026, 11:44 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2025SHA-256 e75b6ae4f6033409fbdef4baed3311f1ebb9e9dc42a22bfdcf89a1478c89af4a · 32,838 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691b0990d140bbbaa59a28ad/CRA_2025_Chapter_A_tables.xlsxSHA-256 0a8b1de08af66d84a9cbac1f5483fb4c99f9970552f74b2f17e1f0705120f7d4 · 300,219 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC; 25 of 25 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | HM Treasury; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:44:32Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 25 of 25 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 25 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 25 of 25 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2024/25 ended 578 days before retrieval (limit 650), from Country and regional analysis 2025: A tables |
| Pass | Table A.15's totals agree | 25 of 25 figures match the total of each area and year in table A.15, read by position |
| Pass | HM Treasury's database adds up to the £ million tables | 220 of 220 nation-year figures in tables A.1a and A.5 to A.14 equal the identifiable spending in https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691b09e484a267da57d705d2/CRA_2025_Database_for_Publication.xlsx, summed by country and function, to £1 million |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Identifiable spending only: spending that can be placed in an area because it benefits the people there. Spending on the UK as a whole, such as defence and debt interest, is left out. Cash terms, so not adjusted for inflation.
- HM Treasury publishes five years in each edition and revises the four before the latest, and says its figures per head are rounded up to the nearest £.