"Figure 4: Official forecasts published by the Office for Budget Responsibility¹ suggest borrowing could reach £233.9 billion in the financial year ending March 2022","" "Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, UK, compared with official estimates","" "","" "Notes","1. This chart uses the revised OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook (March 2021) monthly borrowing profile – July 2021." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Estimated cumulative borrowing - April 2021 to March 2022","Actual cumulative borrowing - April 2021 to August 2021","Estimated monthly borrowing - April 2021 to March 2022","Actual monthly borrowing - April 2021 to August 2021" "Apr","33.4","25.8","33.4","25.8" "May","61.9","45.6","28.5","19.8" "Jun","88.4","66.3","26.5","20.7" "Jul","104.0","73.3","15.6","6.9" "Aug","125.6","93.8","21.6","20.5" "Sep","151.5","","25.9","" "Oct","170.4","","18.9","" "Nov","187.0","","16.6","" "Dec","204.4","","17.4","" "Jan","205.8","","1.4","" "Feb","214.6","","8.8","" "Mar","233.9","","19.3",""