Spending on education services expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure.

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Percentage (%) of total government spending on education
Year Value Units Series Observation status Unit multiplier
2000/01 12.7393838468 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2001/02 13.3333333333 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2002/03 13.3090024331 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2003/04 13.6221527468 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2004/05 13.5483870968 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2005/06 13.6408051593 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2006/07 13.6627362905 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2007/08 13.8874183872 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2008/09 13.474025974 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2009/10 13.5611400552 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2010/11 13.5918003565 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2011/12 12.8053293856 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2012/13 12.3822143698 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2013/14 12.2682502897 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2014/15 12.1018202503 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2015/16 11.8261596323 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2016/17 11.7006615215 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2017/18 11.5045430251 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2018/19 11.431166472 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2019/20 11.3690550885 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2020/21 9.4423571287 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units
2021/22 10.5323952536 Percentage (%) Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education Normal value Units

Source: HM Treasury

Geographical Area: United Kingdom

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote: Data represents financial year

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Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education

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Source:
HM Treasury
Geographical Area:
United Kingdom
Unit of Measurement:
Percentage (%)
Footnote:
Data represents financial year

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Spending on education services expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure.
Indicator description

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Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Total government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors.
Available disaggregations

Not available for this indicator
Calculations

This indicator expresses government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Public Sector Expenditure is used instead of Total Managed Expenditure (TMS) as the total of government expenditure. This is because using the total education figure divided TMS may underestimate the percentage spent on education spending, as there could be some education spending in the Accounting Adjustments that hasn’t been or can’t be allocated by function.
Other information

From 2011-12 onwards the 'grant-equivalent element of student loans' is no longer part of the Total Expenditure on Services (TES) framework and has therefore been removed from the Education function. Therefore figures are not directly comparable between 2010-11 and 2011-12. A full explanation of this decision can be found in PESA 2016 Annex E.

Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
Data last updated 29 July 2022
Metadata last updated 10 August 2022
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