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Old 29th Jun 2009, 08:26
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andyy
 
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Found this on a trawl through the web:

Government Spending in Real Terms
2000-01 2007-08
Social security benefits 121,000 (27.9%) 133,882 (24%)
Health 52,000 (12%) 89,673 (16%)
Education 16,786 (3.9%) 57,846 (10.4%)
Local Government 33,000 (7.6%) 22,000 (3.9%)
Defense 32,183 (7.4%) 32,831 (5.9%)
Home Office 10,423 (2.4%) 13,571 (2.4%)
Scotland 15,018 (3.5%) 23,510 (4.2%)
Wales 7,885 (1.8%) 12,481 (2.2%)
International Development 2,819 (0.5%) 4,637 (0.8%)

Total Government Expenditure 433,161 557,400m

Social Security includes:
• Unemployment benefit
• Housing Benefit
• Child support
• Pensions
• Income support
• Sickness benefit
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