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You can display a maximum of five data series at once.

Spending Units: By default, public spending is displayed in billions of pounds. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select £ bln (2003), and percent of GDP.

Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart. Use the title text box to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field.

UK or Country: By default, the chart shows overall United Kingdom government spending. But you can select spending for individual countries by selecting the country dropdown control in the table heading.

View: There are two ways to view the spending data. The default view breaks down spending into functions. There is also a COFOG view that categorizes spending using the UN standard methodology.

HM PESA Year: By default, the chart displays planned spending in the current HM Treasury Budget as published in the current Public Expenditure Statistical Analyaes. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using the dropdown control.

Data Range

Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want.

End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want.

Category	Sub-category	Central Gov.	Gen. Gov.	Local Auth.	Total
Data Series: You can select up to five data series to display on your chart. Click on a checkbox to add or delete a data series from the chart. Once you get to five data series you will have to delete a series before you can add one. Click a [+] expand control to drill down to more detailed data series.						X

If you’d like to create your own custom download of spending data you should use the table above to make your selections.

Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want in the two year dropdown boxes.
Select spending items: Just select the spending item you want from the dropdown control. If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart. Up to 5 data series are allowed at once. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2000) dollars, or as percent of GDP.

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Year GDP-UK Total Spending-total 1981 256.279 116.06 a 1982 281.024 128.04 a 1983 307.207 132.70 a 1984 329.913 140.50 a 1985 361.758 150.90 a 1986 389.149 158.60 a 1987 428.665 164.60 a 1988 478.51 173.60 a 1989 525.274 179.90 a 1990 570.283 200.90 a 1991 598.664 218.20 a 1992 622.08 236.20 a 1993 654.196 260.60 a 1994 692.987 276.50 a 1995 733.266 298.90 a 1996 781.726 309.37 a 1997 830.094 318.35 a 1998 879.102 324.95 a 1999 928.73 328.11 a 2000 976.533 339.33 a 2001 1021.83 361.81 a 2002 1075.56 385.27 a 2003 1139.75 415.21 a 2004 1202.96 451.41 a 2005 1254.06 488.31 a 2006 1325.8 502.56 a 2007 1398.88 543.96 a 2008 1448.39 575.68 a 2009 1396 631.32 a 2010 1451.5 660.90 b 2011 1520 681.42 g Legend: a - actual outturn b - estimated outturn in HM Treasury 2010 budget e - estimate in HM Treasury 2010 budget g - "guesstimated" projection by ukpublicspending.co.uk

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Below is a formatted version of the data.

Public Spending Chart
Fiscal Years 1981 to 2011
Year	GDP	Total Spending -total £ billion
1981	256.279	116.06	a
1982	281.024	128.04	a
1983	307.207	132.70	a
1984	329.913	140.50	a
1985	361.758	150.90	a
1986	389.149	158.60	a
1987	428.665	164.60	a
1988	478.51	173.60	a
1989	525.274	179.90	a
1990	570.283	200.90	a
1991	598.664	218.20	a
1992	622.08	236.20	a
1993	654.196	260.60	a
1994	692.987	276.50	a
1995	733.266	298.90	a
1996	781.726	309.37	a
1997	830.094	318.35	a
1998	879.102	324.95	a
1999	928.73	328.11	a
2000	976.533	339.33	a
2001	1021.83	361.81	a
2002	1075.56	385.27	a
2003	1139.75	415.21	a
2004	1202.96	451.41	a
2005	1254.06	488.31	a
2006	1325.8	502.56	a
2007	1398.88	543.96	a
2008	1448.39	575.68	a
2009	1396	631.32	a
2010	1451.5	660.90	b
2011	1520	681.42	g
Legend: a - actual outturn b - estimated outturn in HM Treasury 2010 budget e - estimate in HM Treasury 2010 budget g - "guesstimated" projection by ukpublicspending.co.uk

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Headline

PESA 2010 Update

UkPublicSpending.co.uk now shows spending numbers at the subfunction level as released by HM Treasury in its Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2010.

Spending for 2008-09 is now "outturn"; spending for 2009-10 is now "estimated outturn". Central government spending for 2010-11 is "plans", as estimated by HM Treasury. Local authority spending for 2010-11 is "guesstimated" by UkPublicSpending.co.uk by projecting the change between 2008-09 and 2009-10 forward to 2010-11.

Note: HM Treasury has not released spending estimates at the subfunction level for years after the current fiscal year 2010-11.

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Sources

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