"Figure 1: Cumulative public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) by month, current and previous financial year-to-date (April to May) ","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Financial year (April 2016 to March 2017)","Financial year-to-date (April to May 2017)","Monthly borrowing" "Apr","9.1","9.4","9.4" "May","16.2","16.1","6.7" "Jun","21.0","","" "Jul","21.4","","" "Aug","28.3","","" "Sep","34.8","","" "Oct","42.5","","" "Nov","51.5","","" "Dec","56.9","","" "Jan","45.4","","" "Feb","44.4","","" "Mar","46.6","",""