"Figure 6: After several years of falling borrowing we are now seeing a substantial increase because of the impact of COVID-19 on government receipts and spending","" "Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, UK, April 1993 to December 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Financial year 2019 to 2020 represents the FYE 2020 (April 2019 to March 2020). 2. Financial year-to-date represents April to December. " "Unit","£ billion" "","" "Year","Public sector net borrowing (£ billion)","Net borrowing - Year-to-date (April to December)" "1993/94 ","51.6","" "1994/95 ","43.8","" "1995/96 ","35.3","" "1996/97 ","27.7","" "1997/98 ","9.0","" "1998/99 ","-1.2","" "1999/00 ","-11.5","" "2000/01 ","-15.8","" "2001/02 ","5.5","" "2002/03 ","34.1","" "2003/04 ","41.7","" "2004/05 ","49.1","" "2005/06 ","44.2","" "2006/07 ","39.9","" "2007/08 ","45.0","" "2008/09 ","117.3","" "2009/10 ","157.7","" "2010/11 ","139.9","" "2011/12","121.6","" "2012/13","124.9","" "2013/14","104.9","" "2014/15","96.4","" "2015/16 ","80.3","" "2016/17 ","53.3","" "2017/18 ","54.3","" "2018/19 ","38.6","" "2019/20","1.1","57.0" "2020/21","","270.8"