National Statistics

Public sector finances bulletin

The public sector finances statistical bulletin.

Published 20 June 2013
Last updated 22 January 2021 — see all updates

• From: HM Treasury

Documents

Public sector finances: December 2020

PDF, 1.06MB, 66 pages

Public sector finances tables: December 2020

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.04MB

Details

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 22 January 2021 + show all updates

1. 22 January 2021

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

2. 22 December 2020

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

3. 21 October 2020

   Added September Public sector finances bulletin and tables.

4. 25 September 2020

   Updated with 'Public sector finances: August 2020'

5. 21 August 2020

   Updated with Public sector finances bulletin: July 2020.

6. 21 July 2020

   Updated with 'Public sector finances: June 2020'

7. 19 June 2020

   Updated with 'Public Sector Finances May 2020' release.

8. 22 May 2020

   Updated with 'Public Sector Finances April 2020' release.

9. 23 April 2020

   Updated with 'Public Sector Finances March 2020' release.

10. 20 March 2020

    Updated with 'Public Sector Finances February 2020'.

11. 21 February 2020

    Updated with 'Public Sector Finances January 2019'.

12. 22 January 2020

    Updated with 'Public Sector Finances December 2019'.

13. 20 December 2019

    Updated with November's bulletin.

14. 21 November 2019

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 Correction note removed as it is no longer applicable.

15. 29 October 2019

    Updated with corrected September 2019 Public Sector Finances release.

16. 25 October 2019

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

17. 22 October 2019

    Updated with data for September 2019.

18. 24 September 2019

    Updated with data for August 2019.

19. 21 August 2019

    Updated with 'Public sector finances bulletin' July data.

20. 19 July 2019

    Updated with Public Sector Finances: June 2019

21. 21 June 2019

    Updated with June's forecast.

22. 22 May 2019

    Updated with data for April 2019.

23. 24 April 2019

    Updated with data for March 2019.

24. 21 March 2019

    Updated with data for February 2019.

25. 21 February 2019

    Updated with 'Public Sector Finances: January 2019'

26. 22 January 2019

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

27. 21 December 2018

    Updated with November's public sector finance bulletin.

28. 21 November 2018

    Updated with October data.

29. 19 October 2018

    Updated with 'Public sector finances: September 2018'.

30. 21 September 2018

    Updated with 'Public sector finances: August 2018'.

31. 21 August 2018

    Updated with 'Public sector finances: July 2018'.

32. 20 July 2018

    Updated with Public sector finances: June 2018

33. 21 June 2018

    Updated with Public Sector Finances: May 2018.

34. 22 May 2018

    Updated with April data.

35. 24 April 2018

    Updated with March data.

36. 21 March 2018

    Updated with February data.

37. 21 February 2018

    Updated with January data

38. 23 January 2018

    Updated with December data.

39. 21 December 2017

    Updated with November data.

40. 21 November 2017

    Updated with October data

41. 20 October 2017

    Updated with September data

42. 26 September 2017

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

43. 21 September 2017

    Updated with August data

44. 22 August 2017

    Updated with July data

45. 21 July 2017

    Updated with June data

46. 21 June 2017

    Updated with May data

47. 23 May 2017

    Updated with April data

48. 25 April 2017

    Updated with March's data

49. 21 March 2017

    Updated with February's data

50. 21 February 2017

    Updated with January's data

51. 24 January 2017

    Updated with December's data

52. 21 December 2016

    Updated with November's data

53. 22 November 2016

    Updated with October data

54. 24 October 2016

    Updated: Public Sector Finances; September 2016 pdf

55. 21 October 2016

    Updated with data from September

56. 21 September 2016

    Updated with: Public sector finances August 2016

57. 19 August 2016

    Updated with: public sector finance bulletin (July 2016)

58. 21 July 2016

    Updated with: Public Sector Finances June 2016

59. 21 June 2016

    Updated with: Public Sector Finances May 2016

60. 24 May 2016

    updated with april stats

61. 21 April 2016

    Updated with March 2016

62. 22 March 2016

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

63. 22 March 2016

    Updated with February's bulletin.

64. 19 February 2016

    error in table REC3 corrected

65. 19 February 2016

    updated with January figures

66. 22 January 2016

    updated with december files

67. 22 December 2015

    Updated with November figures.

68. 20 November 2015

    Updated to include October's returns

69. 21 October 2015

    September bulletin added.

70. 22 September 2015

    Updated with August 2015 figures

71. 21 August 2015

    Updated for July 2015

72. 21 July 2015

    Updated with June 2015

73. 19 June 2015

    Updated with May's public sector finances statistical bulletin.

74. 22 May 2015

    April bulletin uploaded

75. 23 April 2015

    Latest monthly public sector finance bulletin (March 2015)

76. 20 March 2015

    Updated version

77. 20 February 2015

    Updated version

78. 22 January 2015

    Updated to include December 2014 outturn

79. 19 December 2014

    Updated for November return

80. 21 November 2014

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

81. 21 October 2014

    September public sector finances published

82. 23 September 2014

    updated for August

83. 21 August 2014

    updated for July

84. 22 July 2014

    updated for june

85. 20 June 2014

    updated with May bulletin

86. 22 May 2014

    updated with April bulletin

87. 24 April 2014

    added March bulletin and tables

88. 21 March 2014

    February 2014 release published

89. 21 February 2014

    updated with january bulletin

90. 22 January 2014

    updated with new bulletin

91. 20 December 2013

    updated with november release

92. 21 November 2013

    added October bulletin

93. 20 September 2013

    Update for August release

94. 21 August 2013

    August update

95. 19 July 2013

    June update

96. 21 June 2013

    update for may

97. 20 June 2013

    First published.