The UK Government Budget

The UK government budget in 1996 was £315 billion. This pie chart shows what the government spent the money on, divided into ten categories.

The government spent most, by far, on social security, £100 billion. This was almost twice as much as the next category, health, which cost £53 billion. Also, the most striking feature of the chart is that social security and health expenditure combined account for almost a half of the UK budget in 1996. Approximately £30 billion goes to law and order with housing, heritage and environment together. At the bottom end was transportation with less than £ 10 billion.

In summary, the chart shows obviously that more than a quarter of the budget in 1996 went on social security while the transportation is last.The UK government cares about into citizens by allocating £138 billion for them.

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