How much does the UK spend on education?
PESA 2026 table 4.2 records UK education spending of £125.7 billion in 2025-26. The printed label is “9. Education (5)”. This is the education function, not the Education departmental group.
Financial-year outturn. Table 4.1 is the UK total, not a department. Table 4.2 is spending by function, not by the department names used from 2021-22. Plans after 2025-26 are omitted. Do not add these to calendar-year JW2O or to TES.
| Financial year | 9. Education (5) |
|---|---|
| 2010-11 | £91.5 billion |
| 2011-12 | £86.5 billion |
| 2012-13 | £84.1 billion |
| 2013-14 | £84.7 billion |
| 2014-15 | £85.1 billion |
| 2015-16 | £84.9 billion |
| 2016-17 | £84.9 billion |
| 2017-18 | £86.1 billion |
| 2018-19 | £88.1 billion |
| 2019-20 | £90.6 billion |
| 2020-21 | £95.5 billion |
| 2021-22 | £100.1 billion |
| 2022-23 | £107.3 billion |
| 2023-24 | £114.2 billion |
| 2024-25 | £123.0 billion |
| 2025-26 | £125.7 billion |
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Provenance
- Source
- PESA 2026 table 4.2
- Dataset
- 9. Education (5)
- Published
- Date not printed on this extract. The file is PESA 2026.
- Coverage
- 2010-11 to 2025-26. Function total for the UK, nominal £ billion.
- Last updated
- 24 September 2026 (2026-09-24T08:05:00Z)
- Not combined with incompatible series
- Not the departmental group of a similar name. Not TES added again. Not TME. This is the education function, not the Education departmental group.