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Public Sector Finances: May 2024

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Public Sector Finances, Appendix A: May 2024

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Public Sector Finances, Appendix M: May 2024

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Public Sector Finances, Appendix N: May 2024

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The public sector finances statistical bulletin is published jointly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and HM Treasury on a monthly basis and provides the latest available estimates for key public sector finance statistics, such as public sector net borrowing, public sector net debt and public sector current budget deficit/surplus.

The bulletin is structured with the latest headline figures, revisions and information on recent events and/or methodological changes which impact on the statistics, located at the front of the bulletin.

Following this there is some contextual information for users and then more detailed information on each of the key aggregates. Historic data on public sector net debt and public sector net borrowing have been included to put the latest figures in context. More detailed notes on the publication are located towards the end of the bulletin.

HM Treasury is no longer producing the public sector finances databank. For information on the key fiscal aggregates:

Go to the OBR for outturn and projected numbers for the key fiscal aggregates in financial years.

Go to the ONS for outturn data of the key fiscal aggregates in quarters, financial years and on a monthly basis.

Go to the ONS for a breakdown on receipts and expenditure.

Published 20 June 2013
Last updated 21 June 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated for May 2024.

  2. Updated for April 2024.

  3. Updated for March 2024.

  4. Updated for February 2024

  5. Updated for January 2024.

  6. Updated for December 2023.

  7. Updated for November 2023.

  8. Updated for October 2023

  9. Updated for September 2023

  10. Updated for August 2023

  11. Updated for July 2023.

  12. Updated for June 2023

  13. Updated for May 2023

  14. Updated for April 2023

  15. Updated for March 2023

  16. Updated for February 2023

  17. Updated for January 2023

  18. Updated for December 2022

  19. Updated for November 2022

  20. Updated for October 2022

  21. Updated for September 2022

  22. Updated with corrected August 2022 Public Sector Finances release

  23. Updated for August 2022

  24. Updated for July 2022

  25. Updated with June data

  26. Updated with May data.

  27. Updated with April bulletin.

  28. Updated with March data.

  29. Updated for February 2022

  30. Updated for January 2022

  31. Updated with Public sector finances: December 2021

  32. Updated for November 2021

  33. Updated for October 2021

  34. Updated for September 2021

  35. Updated with corrected August 2021 Public Sector Finances release

  36. Public sector finances: August 2021 added

  37. updated for July 2021

  38. Updated for June 2021

  39. Updated with Public sector finances: May 2021

  40. Updated with Public sector finances: April 2021

  41. Updated with Public sector finances: March 2021

  42. Public sector finances: February 2021 added

  43. Updated with Public Sector Finances for January 2021

  44. Public sector finances: December 2020 and Public sector finances tables: December 2020 files added.

  45. Note: Public sector finances: November 2020 pdf and Public sector finances tables: November 2020 excel spreadsheet uploaded.

  46. Added September Public sector finances bulletin and tables.

  47. Updated with 'Public sector finances: August 2020'

  48. Updated with Public sector finances bulletin: July 2020.

  49. Updated with 'Public sector finances: June 2020'

  50. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances May 2020' release.

  51. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances April 2020' release.

  52. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances March 2020' release.

  53. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances February 2020'.

  54. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances January 2019'.

  55. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances December 2019'.

  56. Updated with November's bulletin.

  57. Updated with data for October 2019. Correction note removed as it is no longer applicable.

  58. Updated with corrected September 2019 Public Sector Finances release.

  59. Updated with ONS announcement regarding the September 2019 Public Sector Finances release.

  60. Updated with data for September 2019.

  61. Updated with data for August 2019.

  62. Updated with 'Public sector finances bulletin' July data.

  63. Updated with Public Sector Finances: June 2019

  64. Updated with June's forecast.

  65. Updated with data for April 2019.

  66. Updated with data for March 2019.

  67. Updated with data for February 2019.

  68. Updated with 'Public Sector Finances: January 2019'

  69. Updated with 'Public sector finances: December 2018' and 'Public sector finances tables: December 2018'.

  70. Updated with November's public sector finance bulletin.

  71. Updated with October data.

  72. Updated with 'Public sector finances: September 2018'.

  73. Updated with 'Public sector finances: August 2018'.

  74. Updated with 'Public sector finances: July 2018'.

  75. Updated with Public sector finances: June 2018

  76. Updated with Public Sector Finances: May 2018.

  77. Updated with April data.

  78. Updated with March data.

  79. Updated with February data.

  80. Updated with January data

  81. Updated with December data.

  82. Updated with November data.

  83. Updated with October data

  84. Updated with September data

  85. File updated to correct an error in the estimation of local government and public sector net borrowing in 2016 and 2017.

  86. Updated with August data

  87. Updated with July data

  88. Updated with June data

  89. Updated with May data

  90. Updated with April data

  91. Updated with March's data

  92. Updated with February's data

  93. Updated with January's data

  94. Updated with December's data

  95. Updated with November's data

  96. Updated with October data

  97. Updated: Public Sector Finances; September 2016 pdf

  98. Updated with data from September

  99. Updated with: Public sector finances August 2016

  100. Updated with: public sector finance bulletin (July 2016)

  101. Updated with: Public Sector Finances June 2016

  102. Updated with: Public Sector Finances May 2016

  103. updated with april stats

  104. Updated with March 2016

  105. Updated February's PDF with bulletin as well as tables.

  106. Updated with February's bulletin.

  107. error in table REC3 corrected

  108. updated with January figures

  109. updated with december files

  110. Updated with November figures.

  111. Updated to include October's returns

  112. September bulletin added.

  113. Updated with August 2015 figures

  114. Updated for July 2015

  115. Updated with June 2015

  116. Updated with May's public sector finances statistical bulletin.

  117. April bulletin uploaded

  118. Latest monthly public sector finance bulletin (March 2015)

  119. Updated version

  120. Updated version

  121. Updated to include December 2014 outturn

  122. Updated for November return

  123. Updated with the latest monthly public sector finance bulletin (October 2014)

  124. September public sector finances published

  125. updated for August

  126. updated for July

  127. updated for june

  128. updated with May bulletin

  129. updated with April bulletin

  130. added March bulletin and tables

  131. February 2014 release published

  132. updated with january bulletin

  133. updated with new bulletin

  134. updated with november release

  135. added October bulletin

  136. Update for August release

  137. August update

  138. June update

  139. update for may

  140. First published.