"Figure 4: Central government receipts, expenditure and current budget deficit as a percentage of GDP by financial year; the financial year ending 1994 to the financial year ending 2015","" "All data excluding public sector banks, United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. The financial year ending 1994 (April 1993 to March 1994) to the financial year ending 2015 (April 2014 to March 2015) 2. Current budget deficit is receipts minus expenditure but also includes the effects of depreciation 3. GDP = Gross Domestic Product" "Unit","% of GDP" "","" "","CG Receipts","CG Expenditure","CG Current Budget Deficit [2]" "1993/94 ","31.8 ","35.9 "," 5.1 " "1994/95 ","32.8 ","35.5 "," 3.7 " "1995/96 ","33.5 ","35.1 "," 2.6 " "1996/97 ","32.8 ","33.9 "," 2.1 " "1997/98 ","34.1 ","32.8 ","-0.4 " "1998/99 ","34.5 ","31.9 ","-1.6 " "1999/00 ","35.2 ","31.5 ","-2.8 " "2000/01 ","35.5 ","31.7 ","-2.8 " "2001/02 ","34.7 ","32.3 ","-1.5 " "2002/03 ","33.3 ","32.8 "," 0.5 " "2003/04 ","33.7 ","34.0 "," 1.2 " "2004/05 ","34.2 ","34.6 "," 1.3 " "2005/06 ","34.3 ","34.2 "," 0.8 " "2006/07 ","34.6 ","34.1 "," 0.4 " "2007/08 ","34.8 ","34.4 "," 0.4 " "2008/09 ","34.0 ","36.1 "," 3.1 " "2009/10 ","32.9 ","38.6 "," 6.8 " "2010/11 ","33.8 ","38.9 "," 6.2 " "2011/12 ","34.0 ","38.3 "," 5.3 " "2012/13 ","33.8 ","37.9 "," 5.1 " "2013/14 ","33.8 ","36.8 "," 4.0 " "2014/15","33.5 ","35.5 "," "