"Figure 7: Central government day-to-day spending in the financial year-to-August 2021 was £29.3 billion lower than in the same period last year","" "Central government current expenditure, UK, in the financial year-to-August 2021 compared with the financial year ending March 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Cumulative current expenditure - April 2020 to March 2021","Cumulative current expenditure - April 2021 to August 2021","Monthly current expenditure - April 2020 to March 2021","Monthly current expenditure - April 2021 to August 2021" "Apr","99.4","83.7","99.4","83.7" "May","185.6","159.6","86.2","75.8" "Jun","261.6","236.6","76.0","77.0" "Jul","338.5","309.2","76.9","72.5" "Aug","412.0","382.7","73.5","73.5" "Sep","485.6","","73.6","" "Oct","555.4","","69.8","" "Nov","631.4","","76.0","" "Dec","709.0","","77.6","" "Jan","784.7","","75.8","" "Feb","856.9","","72.2","" "Mar","942.5","","85.6",""