UK budget by pie chart

The pie chart shows the budget of the UK government in 1996. It can be clearly seen that social security took much the most money and the total cost was £315 billion.

The government spent the smallest amount, £9 billion, on transport and £13 billion on industry, agriculture and employment. The next to it was £15 billion on housing, heritage and environment and £17 billion on law and order but the government spent much higher on social security at £100 billion and £53 billion on health and personal social services. Next to it £38 billion was spent on education and £23 billion on defence. Also the government spent £25 billion on debt interest and £22 billion on other expenditure.

In conclusion, we can see that in 1996 the UK government spent a lot of money, a huge amount on social security and a small amount on transport.

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