Average annual real-terms change in day-to-day spending by department, actual and forecast, 2010/11–2028/29, by time period

Source: Institute for Government analysis of HM Treasury, 'Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses', 2015 to 2024, and HM Treasury, Spending Review 2025 (‘Table 5.3: Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) excluding depreciation’).Notes: Day-to-day spending refers to RDEL. 'Local government spending power' includes tax revenues and central government grants. 'MHCLG - communities' is the communities budget in MHCLG, which excludes local government grants. This chart excludes departments that were reorganised in this period.Get the data Download image
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