ONS REGIONAL
REGIONAL EXPENDITURE 2018-19

Total Public Expenditure in the UK in 2018-19 was £852,719m. According to the ONS, the region that incurred the highest amount of public expenditure was London with £123,614m, with Northern Ireland incurring the least at £27,888m. Scotland's total expenditure was £78,838m.
Regional Expenditure - ONS 2018-2019 (£m)
Category UK North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
General public services 80,980 3,201 8,677 6,465 5,692 7,119 7,540 10,560 11,196 6,724 67,173 4,018 7,309 2,481
Defence 40,243 1,610 4,418 3,318 2,910 3,574 3,757 5,396 5,534 3,392 33,909 1,902 3,294 1,139
Public order and safety 32,400 1,372 3,486 2,564 2,047 2,550 2,481 6,417 3,528 2,166 26,612 1,507 2,984 1,296
Economic affairs 60,713 2,324 5,538 3,615 3,140 4,713 5,370 11,769 8,204 4,163 48,835 2,909 7,099 1,870
Environment protection 11,091 313 2,674 655 528 611 958 1,147 1,128 900 8,914 634 1,280 263
Housing and community amenities 12,124 422 751 896 517 723 797 2,426 1,211 569 8,313 816 2,222 774
Health 152,908 6,529 18,016 12,131 9,764 13,304 12,663 24,803 18,559 11,873 127,642 7,573 13,089 4,605
Recreation, culture and religion 11,363 410 1,167 868 697 860 882 1,647 1,329 821 8,680 705 1,338 640
Education (includes training) 87,874 3,543 9,036 7,258 5,983 7,821 7,848 13,123 11,198 6,526 72,336 4,285 8,475 2,778
Social protection 275,492 12,474 32,262 22,809 19,324 24,659 23,861 32,845 34,333 23,584 226,151 15,161 24,582 9,598
EU transactions 7,876 222 953 528 400 675 700 3,091 1,532 484 8,585 -196 252 -765
Accounting Adjustments 79,655 3,621 7,377 6,175 5,610 7,169 6,147 9,939 11,546 8,265 65,849 3,681 6,915 3,210
Total 852,719 36,041 94,354 67,281 56,613 73,778 73,003 123,164 109,298 69,466 703,000 42,994 78,838 27,888

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