The government of the United Kingdom spent around 33.77 billion British pounds on primary and pre-primary education in the 2022/23 financial year, with the vast majority of this spending going towards primary level education, and 4.5 billion pounds to pre-primary education.
Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP)
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GOV.UK, & HM Treasury. (July 19, 2023). Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/
GOV.UK, und HM Treasury. "Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP)." Chart. July 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/
GOV.UK, HM Treasury. (2023). Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/
GOV.UK, and HM Treasury. "Public Sector Expenditure on Pre-primary and Primary Education in The United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/
GOV.UK & HM Treasury, Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Public sector expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & HM Treasury, July 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298903/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-primary-education/