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Public sector net borrowing, excluding public sector banks (£ million)
£ 11,939 million
2024 MAR
- Release date:
- 23 April 2024
- Next release:
- 22 May 2024
Public sector finances, UK: March 2024
What's in the bulletin?
- Borrowing – the difference between public sector spending and income – was £11.9 billion in March 2024, £4.7 billion less than in March last year.
- Borrowing in the financial year ending (FYE) March 2024 was provisionally estimated at £120.7 billion, £7.6 billion less than in the same twelve-month period a year ago but £6.6 billion more than forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
- Compared with the annual value of the UK’s economy, borrowing in the FYE March 2024 was provisionally estimated at 4.4% of the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP), 0.6 percentage points less than in the same twelve-month period a year ago.
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£ 11,939 million 2024 MAR
- Release date:
- 23 April 2024
- Next release:
- 22 May 2024
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- Release date:
- 23 April 2024
- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
- 23 April 2024
- Next release:
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