Government spending by department
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »With the news that George Osborne is set to give a detailed breakdown of how taxes are spent in the Budget tomorrow, here is government spending by department for 2010/11:
| Welfare & Pensions | 23.2% |
| Healthcare | 15.3% |
| Education | 8.4% |
| HMRC | 6.6% |
| Debt repayment | 6.3% |
| Defence | 5.7% |
| Local govt. | 5.5% |
| Scotland | 5.0% |
| Business (BIS) | 3.5% |
| Wales | 2.3% |
| Transport | 1.8% |
| Home Office | 1.5% |
| Justice | 1.4% |
| Northern Ireland | 1.3% |
| Energy | 1.2% |
| Intl. Development | 1.1% |
| Culture | 1.0% |
| Rural Affairs | 0.4% |
| Foreign Office | 0.3% |
