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Transport funding 

Identifiable expenditure

Identifiable expenditure is attributed to a specific country or region using the ‘for’ basis wherever possible, which records the regions that benefited from the spending or whom the spending was for, rather than simply the location where the spending took place (the ‘in’ basis). Where the ‘for’ basis is not possible, the ‘in’ basis is used instead.

The table below shows London had the highest total identifiable expenditure on transport in 2023/24. Northern Ireland and the North East had the lowest total, whilst the East Midlands had the lowest expenditure per head of population.

 Table showing regional transport expenditure in 2023/24 in millions and per head of population

Source: HM Treasury, Country and Regional Analysis, PESA 2025 CP Chapter 10 table, 10.9 and 10.10

Funding by transport mode

In 2023/24, the transport expenditure in the UK was £46.9 billion, of which £6.1 billion was on national roads, £7.0 billion on local roads, £4.5 billion on local public transport, £27.8 billion on railways and £1.5 billion on other transport. The following table shows a regional breakdown of this funding.

 Table showing regional transport expenditure in 2023/24 broken down by local public transport, local roads, national roads, other transport and railways.

Source: HM Treasury, Country and Regional Analysis, PESA 2025 CP Chapter 10 table, 10.9

 Stacked graph showing regional transport expenditure in 2023/24 broken down by local public transport, local roads, national roads, other transport and railways.

Source: HM Treasury, Country and Regional Analysis, PESA 2025 CP Chapter 10 table, 10.9

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