Summary

This article examines the potential risks of rising prices on key public services in England and presents the most recently published spend and inflation information on four areas of expenditure recognised as having high inflation: energy (gas, electricity and oil), food costs, transport (specifically fuel where identifiable in the data), and construction.

Publications

• Inflationary pressures faced by public services in England: 2022 to 2023

  Potential pressures of rising prices on public services in England, including NHS England, schools, the Ministry of Defence, HM Prisons and Probation Services (England and Wales) and the police, and spend and inflation information on energy, transport, food costs and construction.

Data

• Expenditure by public service and spend category

  Dataset containing annual expenditure in key areas by health, education, defence, prisons and police for the most recent data between 2019 and 2021. Presentation of spending in energy, fuel, food and construction.

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