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The government's tax yield and spend

The Government expect to receive £496 billion. The receipts are estimated as follows:

The Government expect to spend £671 billion. The expenditure is budgeted as follows:

	£ billion	£ billion
Social protection	189	173
Health	119	111
Education	88	83
Defence	38	36
Housing & environment	29	24
Industry, agriculture, employment & training	20	19
Personal social services	31	27
Transport	23	21
Public order & safety	35	33
Debt interest	28	34
Other	71	62
Total	671	623