Public Sector Net Cash Requirement shows the amount of money that the government must borrow to maintain its financial commitments. The public sector includes central government, local authorities and public corporations.
United Kingdom Public Sector Net Cash Requirement
Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance: Low
Sector: Government
Source: Office for National Statistics
Last release
22 Jan 2026 07:00 GMT
Actual
£16.908 B
Forecast
£10.266 B
Previous
£9.516 B
Next release
22 May 2026 06:00 GMT
Actual
Coming in 24 days
Forecast
£6.410 B
Previous
£16.908 B
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
21 Feb 2017
Jan 2017
£-26.466 B
—
£36.344 B
24 Jan 2017
Dec 2016
£36.294 B
—
£20.013 B
21 Dec 2016
Nov 2016
£13.525 B
—
£-2.277 B
22 Nov 2016
Oct 2016
£-3.413 B
—
£18.929 B
21 Oct 2016
Sep 2016
£13.285 B
—
£0.729 B
21 Sept 2016
Aug 2016
£0.727 B
—
£-2.437 B
19 Aug 2016
Jul 2016
£-2.098 B
—
£13.503 B
21 Jul 2016
Jun 2016
£14.855 B
—
£4.688 B
21 Jun 2016
May 2016
£3.417 B
—
£-2.043 B
24 May 2016
Apr 2016
£-2.388 B
—
£17.816 B
21 Apr 2016
Mar 2016
£16.598 B
—
£-0.381 B
22 Mar 2016
Feb 2016
£0.050 B
—
£-24.874 B
19 Feb 2016
Jan 2016
£-24.919 B
—
£8.478 B
22 Jan 2016
Dec 2015
£8.131 B
—
£7.107 B
22 Dec 2015
Nov 2015
£5.381 B
—
£-3.840 B
20 Nov 2015
Oct 2015
£-3.997 B
—
£15.423 B
21 Oct 2015
Sep 2015
£17.877 B
—
£0.717 B
22 Sept 2015
Aug 2015
£-0.221 B
—
£-3.534 B
21 Aug 2015
Jul 2015
£-3.029 B
—
£15.381 B
21 Jul 2015
Jun 2015
£13.914 B
—
£11.919 B