This year the government will spend
ÂŁ40,958 for every family in the UK
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SPENDING PER PERSON FACTBOOK The TaxPayers’ Alliance 55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL +44 (0)20 7998 1450 07795 084 113 (24 hour media enquiries) info@taxpayersalliance.com taxpayersalliance the_tpa www.taxpayersalliance.com © 2016 Produced by the TaxPayers’ Alliance, September 2016 Designed by www.nichecreativelondon.com
Despite all the talk of austerity, the government will this year spend £772 billion of taxpayers’ money. Much of this will be spent on essential services but billions more will be wasted, meaning higher taxes for us all. I hope you will join the TPA. After all, it’s your money - so let’s fight for it. John O’Connell Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance
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Government spending 2016-17
£772 billion
£40,958 £28,367
£11,763
Per person
Per family 2
Per household SOURCE: BUDGET 2016
Capital vs current spending per person 2016-17
£10,578
£1,185 SOURCE: BUDGET 2016 3
Where does our money go?... per person
Defence £701
Other £747 Social protection £3,657
Education £1,554
Government Spending 2016-17
Transport £442
Total £11,763 Health £2,209 Personal Social Services £457 Public order and safety £518
Net debt interest £594
Housing and Environment £518 Industry, agriculture and employment £366
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SOURCE: BUDGET 2016
...where does it come from? per person
Other (non-taxes) £777.12
Other (taxes) £1,051.39 Income Tax £2,773.24
Council Tax £457.13 Business Rates £426.65
Government Revenues 2016-17 Total £10,894.86
VAT £2,102.78 Corporation Tax £655.22 National Insurance £1,919.93
Excise Duties £731.40
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SOURCE: BUDGET 2016
Deficit per person 2016-17
SOURCE: OBR 6
Debt per person 31st July 2016
IS E N O EVERRYRYING CA
4 4 4 , £24
SOURCE: ONS 7
Public sector pay per person 2016-17
£2,649
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SOURCE: PESA
Public sector pension liabilities per person 31st March 2015
£22,754
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SOURCE: WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS
Public spending by region per person 2014-15 SCOTLAND
£10,374 NORTH EAST
NORTHERN IRELAND
£11,106
£9,347
NORTH WEST
YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
£9,197
£8,660
WEST MIDLANDS EAST MIDLANDS WALES
£9,904
£8,683
£8,159
EAST
£7,881 LONDON
£9,840
SOUTH WEST
£8,295
SOUTH EAST
£7,756
SOURCE: PESA 10
Local government spending per person 2015-16
CENTRAL SERVICES OTHER FIRE & RESCUE
£31.27
£7.82
£46.55
EDUCATION
£521.29
HOUSING BENEFITS
£316.82
TOTAL
POLICE
£169.05
£1,704.87 SOCIAL CARE
CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING
£67.06
£338.64
£128.57
£53.27
£24.53
HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
HOUSING (EX. HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT)
SOURCE: DCLG 11
EU budget contributions and receipts 2015
Receipts
Rebate
£74.07
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund
£38.76
European European Regional Agricultural Development Fund for Rural Fund Development
£15.73
£8.47
£140.80 per person
European Social Fund
£3.31
£0.15
Other Receipts
£1.46 £6.99
Sugar levies
£37.51
£37.90
Customs duties
VAT based contributions
VAT and GNI adjustments
Contributions
£270.91 per person
£188.35 GNI based contributions 12
SOURCE: TREASURY
EU regulations per person, per year
£507
SOURCE: OPEN EUROPE 13
Benefit spending by age group £1,801.08 per person 2016-17
£813.69
£30.48 Children
Working Age 14
Pensioners SOURCE: BUDGET 2016 (DWP ONLY)
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£88 £84 £76
Carer’s Allowance Jobseeker’s Allowance Income Support Statutory Maternity Pay Winter Fuel Payments
Personal Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
£174
Pension Credit
Child Benefit, One Parent Benefit & Guardian’s Allowance
£223
Disability Living Allowance
Employment and Support Allowance
£419
Housing Benefit
Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit
State Pension
Selected benefit spending
per person 2016-17
£1,397
£366 £172 £42 £38 £37 £36 £31
SOURCE: BUDGET 2016
Cost of HS2
£88 billion
4 1 . 0 4 3 , 1 £ person per
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SOURCE: TPA
Driving taxes vs road spending 2015-16
£33 billion taxes £9.3 billion spend Tax £502.84 per person Spend £142.65 per person Difference £360.19 SOURCE: PESA, BUDGET 2016 17
NHS litigation
£56.4 billion provisions for NHS damages payments
£859 per person
SOURCE: NHS LITIGATION AUTHORITY 18
Government property 2015
£322 billion Buildings
Land
£4,129
£780
per person
per person
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SOURCE: WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS
Hinkley nuclear power station Subsidies per household
£1,092
SOURCE: NAO 20
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