The Government's Tax Yield and Spend

The Government expect to receive £545 billion (estimated on Budget Day at £575 billion).

The receipts are estimated to be received as follows:

	12 March 2008	24 November 2008
	£ billion	£ billion
Income tax	155	157
National insurance	105	98
VAT	84	83
Corporation tax	51	45
Excise duties	39	42
Business rates	24	23
Council tax	25	25
Other taxes, royalties etc	92	72
Total	623	545

The Government expect to spend £623 billion (estimated on Budget Day at £618 billion). The expenditure is estimated to be spent as follows:

	12 March 2008	24 November 2008
	£ billion	£ billion
Social protection	169	173
Health	111	111
Education	82	83
Defence	23	36
Housing & environment	33	24
Industry, agriculture, employment & training	22	19
Personal social services	27	27
Transport	21	21
Public order & safety	33	33
Debt interest	31	34
Other	66	62
Total	618	623