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The government's tax yield and spend

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

	2010/11	2009/10
		April 2009
		£ billion
Income tax		140
National insurance		98
VAT		64
Corporation tax		45
Excise duties		44
Business rates		24
Council tax		25
Other taxes, royalties etc		66
Total		496

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

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