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National Statistics
HM Treasury publishes a number of data releases which fall within the scope of National Statistics; a Code of Practice that sets out key principles and standards for official statisticians to follow and uphold.
There are:
National Statistics on public expenditure. The Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) National Statistics release is published annually and presents public spending outturns against the budgetary framework as well as analysis by function, economic category and territory (country and region). Key public spending outturn series (certain public spending budgetary data and public spending by function) are updated three times a year and released in accordance with the National Statistics Code of Practice.
The public sector finances first release (jointly with the Office for National Statistics), contains monthly data on the key fiscal aggregates of current budget, borrowing and debt, together with some details of central government spending and receipts.
Monthly data on the UK foreign exchange reserves.
Latest public expenditure releases
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2008 National Statistics release - guidance and methodology (PDF file, 813KB)
- Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2008 National Statistics release - tables (PDF file, 900KB)
- Public Expenditure Annual Outturns - key series update 12 March 2008 (Press notice 28)
- Public expenditure outturns - key series update 15 July 2008 (PDF file, 89KB)
Latest monthly public sector finance statistics
Monthly estimates of the main public sector finance statistics are issued jointly by the Office for National Statistics and HM Treasury. The latest release was on 18 July 2008.


