SaishutsuUK public spending, followed

Sections

Every part of government

HM Treasury's departmental groups, A to Z. Each counts the spending of the bodies in it, once.

SectionSpent, 2025-26FollowedShare
Business and Trade£3.9bn35%Reached an identified organisation: £335m (8.6%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £1.0bn (26.1%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £255m (6.6%)Not followed: £2.3bn (58.7%)
Cabinet Office£6.2bn18%Reached an identified organisation: £302m (4.9%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £827m (13.4%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.4bn (22.6%)Not followed: £3.7bn (59.2%)
Culture, Media and Sport£9.6bn75%Reached an identified organisation: £4.7bn (48.8%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £2.5bn (26.3%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £331m (3.4%)Not followed: £2.1bn (21.5%)
Defence£62.1bn50%Reached an identified organisation: £13.3bn (21.4%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £17.9bn (28.8%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.8bn (2.8%)Not followed: £29.1bn (46.9%)
Education£50.5bn92%Reached an identified organisation: £10.8bn (21.3%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £35.8bn (70.8%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £15.7bn (31.0%)
Energy Security and Net Zero£13.6bn10%Reached an identified organisation: £554m (4.1%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £810m (5.9%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.8bn (13.3%)Not followed: £10.5bn (76.7%)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£6.3bn64%Reached an identified organisation: £2.0bn (32.1%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £2.0bn (32.2%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £816m (13.0%)Not followed: £1.4bn (22.7%)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office£10.6bn10%Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £1.0bn (9.5%)Not followed: £9.6bn (90.5%)
HM Revenue and Customs£32.3bn64%Reached an identified organisation: £1.0bn (3.2%)Reached people, counted by benefit: £15.5bn (47.9%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £4.1bn (12.7%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.3bn (4.0%)Not followed: £10.4bn (32.2%)
HM Treasury£131.7bn98%Reached an identified organisation: £35m (0.0%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £129.5bn (98.3%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £14m (0.0%)Not followed: £2.2bn (1.6%)
Health and Social Care£204.7bn59%Reached an identified organisation: £15.3bn (7.5%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £385m (0.2%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £104.3bn (51.0%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £22.3bn (10.9%)Not followed: £62.3bn (30.5%)
Home Office£9.4bn77%Reached an identified organisation: £3.3bn (34.7%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £4.0bn (42.7%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £446m (4.7%)Not followed: £1.7bn (17.9%)
Housing, Communities and Local Government£3.7bn19%Reached an identified organisation: £175m (4.7%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £530m (14.2%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.7bn (47.0%)Not followed: £1.3bn (34.1%)
Justice£15.1bn72%Reached an identified organisation: £4.5bn (29.6%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £3m (0.0%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £6.4bn (42.2%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £1.9bn (12.9%)Not followed: £2.3bn (15.3%)
Law Officers' Departments£1.0bn93%Reached an identified organisation: £39m (3.8%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £5m (0.5%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £917m (88.6%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £10m (1.0%)Not followed: £63m (6.1%)
Local Government£217.1bn64%Reached an identified organisation: £50.2bn (23.1%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £4.6bn (2.1%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £85.2bn (39.2%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £43.5bn (20.0%)Not followed: £33.7bn (15.5%)
Northern Ireland Executive£30.5bn35%Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £10.6bn (34.8%)Not followed: £19.9bn (65.2%)
Science, Innovation and Technology£15.5bn11%Reached an identified organisation: £383m (2.5%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £1.4bn (8.9%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £2.5bn (16.2%)Not followed: £11.2bn (72.4%)
Scottish Government£40.8bn45%Reached an identified organisation: £155m (0.4%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £17m (0.0%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £18.3bn (44.8%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £4.5bn (11.0%)Not followed: £17.9bn (43.8%)
Single Intelligence Account£4.9bn0%Not followed: £4.9bn (100.0%)
Small and Independent Bodies£3.3bn71%Reached an identified organisation: £142m (4.3%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £2.2bn (66.3%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £39m (1.2%)Not followed: £926m (28.2%)
Transport£29.3bn53%Reached an identified organisation: £11.7bn (40.2%)Reached a recipient the publisher did not name: £33k (0.0%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £3.7bn (12.5%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £12.2bn (41.6%)Not followed: £1.7bn (5.7%)
Welsh Government£17.3bn40%Reached an identified organisation: £377m (2.2%)Reached staff (pay) or holders of government debt (interest), followed as one published total: £6.5bn (37.6%)Named payee, not yet identified (may be another public body): £4.4bn (25.2%)Not followed: £6.1bn (35.0%)
Work and Pensions£308.2bn102%Reached an identified organisation: £2.0bn (0.7%)Reached people, counted by benefit: £308.3bn (100.0%)
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