The latest official central government and public sector figures for United Kingdom, as stored in Bullion API’s scheduled cache. Each figure shows its own period. Cached, not live.
Each figure keeps the government scope and definition its publisher uses. Scopes, periods and definitions differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and the euro area, so these figures are not comparable across geographies.
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public sector net debtUK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks (PSND ex): debt owed by the public sector to the UK private sector and overseas, less its liquid assets, at the end of each calendar month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances (series KSE6). Includes the Bank of England. A positive value is net debt. Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases. | £2,985,531.00 million | Public sector | |
| Public sector net debt to GDPUK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks as a percentage of gross domestic product at the end of each calendar month, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances (series HF6X). The ONS denominator is GDP for the 12 months centred on the month, which includes projected GDP for months not yet published, so recent ratios are revised as outturn GDP arrives. This is the ONS-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation. | 93.80% of GDP | Public sector |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public sector net borrowing, monthUK public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks (PSNB ex) in the calendar month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances (series DZLS). A positive value is borrowing (a deficit); a negative value is a surplus. Recent months are provisional and revised in later releases. | £18,268.00 million | Public sector | |
| Public sector net borrowing, fiscal year to date (Bullion API calculation)Bullion API calculation, not an ONS-published series: the exact sum of ONS monthly UK public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks (series DZLS) from 1 April, the start of the UK fiscal year, to the end of the reported month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted. A value is produced only when every month from April to that month is published; gaps are never filled. A positive value is borrowing (a deficit); a negative value is a surplus. It changes whenever ONS revises any month it includes.Bullion API calculation using Office for National Statistics Public Sector Finances data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. | £77,301.00 million | Public sector |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central government debt interest payableUK central government debt interest payable in the calendar month, in millions of pounds at current prices, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances (series NMFX, central government current expenditure: net interest payable). Includes the capital uplift on index-linked gilts, which moves with the Retail Prices Index. A positive value is interest payable. | £8,808.00 million | Central government |
Source: Office for National Statistics, Public Sector Finances.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Monthly, not seasonally adjusted; ONS revises earlier months in each monthly release.
GET /v1/government-finance/uk returns the latest stored observation for each series as decimal strings, with its scope, unit, period and definition. It is available on every plan, including the free plan for non-commercial use.