"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 February 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Financial year 2019 to 2020 represents the FYE 2020 (April 2019 to March 2020). 2. Financial year-to-date represents April to February. " "Unit","£ billion" "","" "Year","Public sector net borrowing (£ billion)","Net borrowing - Financial year-to-date (April to February)" "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 ","38.7","" "2019/20","7.1","50.6" "2020/21","","278.8"