Environment protection
Waste, pollution and nature protection.
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)
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