UK Government Net Debt
The actual stock of UK government debt in pounds, rather than as a share of GDP.
£3tn
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Mar 1975 to Sep 2026
Source: ONS series HF6W (PUSF) · excluding public sector banks, not seasonally adjusted.
UK Government Net Debt in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the UK, the government net debt rose by £91.7bn over the year to Sep 2026, from £2.91tn in Sep 2025.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in Mar 1975.
Over the past five years it has ranged from £2.24tn in Sep 2021 to £3tn in Sep 2026.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- ONS
- Series
- HF6W
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- £bn
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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