Release

Public sector finances, UK: August 2025

Release date: 19 September 2025 7:00am
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Summary

A presentational framework for the headline measures of Public Sector Finance Statistics (net borrowing net cash requirement and net debt) is explained in this release. This includes the reasons for changes in net borrowing (deficit) and debt.

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest