Government spending on higher education in the UK 2009-2024
Government spending on higher or tertiary education in the United Kingdom was 7.16 billion British pounds in 2023/24, compared with 4.56 billion in the previous financial year.
Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)
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GOV.UK, & HM Treasury. (July 30, 2024). Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, und HM Treasury. "Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)." Chart. July 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, HM Treasury. (2024). Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, and HM Treasury. "Public Sector Expenditure on Tertiary Education in The United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/
GOV.UK & HM Treasury, Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/ (last visited April 02, 2025)
Public sector expenditure on tertiary education in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & HM Treasury, July 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298902/higher-education-spending-uk/
