Public money
Budgets, grants and contracts
Health, local government, asylum support and NGO contracts — structured so a line of spending can be compared across the Isles.
Composition (GBP-equivalent)
Euro amounts converted at a working 0.86 rate for comparison only.
- Health£211bn
- Local government£79.3bn
- Infrastructure£12.8bn
- Asylum & borders£7.2bn
- NGO contracts£934m
- Education£0
£192bn
NHS England
Core NHS resource budget covering secondary care, primary care and specialised commissioning.
DHSC — Resource DELEngland2026£64.1bn
English local authorities (settlement)
Core spending power including Settlement Funding Assessment, council tax and specific grants.
MHCLG — Local Government Finance SettlementEngland2026£4.7bn
Home Office — Asylum support & accommodation
Hotels, dispersed accommodation, subsistence and related contracts while claims are processed.
Home Office — Asylum SupportEngland2026£118m
Migrant Help (AASC / AIRE contracts)
Advice, issue reporting and eligibility support for people in the asylum system.
Home Office — NGO contractsEngland2026£24.6m
British Red Cross — refugee support
Family reunion, destitution support and integration advice across UK nations.
Home Office & FCDO grantsEngland2026£1.3bn
Birmingham City Council — exceptional financial support
Exceptional support following the 2023 s.114 notice, including equal-pay liabilities.
MHCLG — capitalisation directionsEngland2026£13.9bn
Scottish local government settlement
General revenue and capital grant to Scotland's 32 councils.
Scottish GovernmentScotland2026£11.2bn
Welsh local health boards
Resource allocation to LHBs for hospital, community and primary care.
Welsh Government — Health & Social ServicesWales2026£7.4bn
Health and Social Care NI
Health and social care commissioning across the five HSC trusts.
Department of Health NINorthern Ireland2026€1.1bn
International Protection Accommodation Service
Hotel, designated and emergency accommodation for international protection applicants.
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and YouthIreland2026€5.1bn
Housing for All — capital
Social, affordable and cost-rental housing delivery and land assembly.
Department of Housing, Local Government and HeritageIreland2026€1.8bn
EU AMIF national programmes (selected states)
Member-state programmes for asylum processing, returns and early integration.
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021–27European Union2026€920m
European Social Fund+ — inclusion window
Grants to public bodies and NGOs for labour-market integration of third-country nationals.
ESF+European Union2026£8.4bn
HS2 Ltd (remaining phases)
Annual capital for the truncated London–Birmingham programme and associated land.
DfT — capital DELEngland2026