Education spending is the second-largest element of public service spending in the UK, representing about £99 billion in 2020–21 in today’s prices or about 4.5% of national income. 

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    Authors

    Luke Sibieta
    Luke Sibieta

    Research Fellow

    Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.

    Explainer details

    DOI
    10.1920/ex.ifs.2024.0077
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Sibieta, L. (2021). How has education spending changed? [Explainer] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/how-has-education-spending-changed (accessed: 22 March 2025).

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