"Figure 1: Figures published by the Office for Budget Responsibility¹ suggest borrowing could increase to £372.2 billion for the financial year ending March 2021","" "Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, UK, cumulative financial year-to-date (April to August 2020) compared with the financial year ending March 2020 (April 2019 to March 2020)","" "","" "Notes","1. This chart uses the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Fiscal Sustainability Report and summer economic update monthly profiles – published 21 August 2020. " "Unit","£ billion " "","" "","OBR Estimated cumulative borrowing - April 2020 to March 2021","ONS Actual cumulative borrowing - April to August 2020","OBR Estimated monthly borrowing - April 2020 to March 2021","ONS Actual monthly borrowing - April to August 2020" "Apr","55.0","49.1","55.0","49.1" "May","116.9","93.3","61.9","44.3" "Jun","150.2","122.3","33.3","28.9" "Jul","179.1","137.7","28.9","15.4" "Aug","223.5","173.7","44.4","35.9" "Sep","262.7","","39.2","" "Oct","291.4","","28.7","" "Nov","316.8","","25.4","" "Dec","341.5","","24.7","" "Jan","338.8","","-2.7","" "Feb","352.2","","13.4","" "Mar","372.1","","19.9",""