Education
Schools, colleges, universities and training.
Government spending (HM Treasury function)
Where the official figures are
Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA)
All UK government spending by function (health, education, defence, etc.) and by department.
- Publisher
- HM Treasury
- Covers
- UK
- Released
- Annual (July), with a spring update
Country and Regional Analysis
Public spending per nation and English region, by function, including per person.
- Publisher
- HM Treasury
- Covers
- UK
- Released
- Annual (November)
Local authority revenue expenditure and financing
Every English council's day-to-day spending by service (budgets and outturn).
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Covers
- England
- Released
- Annual (budget in summer, outturn in autumn)
Local government finance statistics (Local Financial Returns)
Every Scottish council's spending by service.
- Publisher
- Scottish Government
- Covers
- Scotland
- Released
- Annual
Local authority revenue and capital outturn expenditure
Every Welsh council's revenue and capital spending by service.
- Publisher
- Welsh Government
- Covers
- Wales
- Released
- Annual
Can't find a figure? Ask for it
Anyone can ask a council or government body for information it holds under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (in Scotland, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002). They normally have 20 working days to reply. Answers are not official statistics, so we link to them but never show them as figures.
- How to make an FOI request (GOV.UK)
- Your rights (Information Commissioner's Office)
- Scottish Information Commissioner
- Find any council (GOV.UK)
Links checked 05 Nov 2026