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The charts represent
information on how much money local government expended in 2010 compared with 2015. Overall, the
amounts of money for education, healthcare and pensions spent by the government
were much higher than those for the others. From 2010 to 2015, the gaps in expenditures
on the major three areas between 2010 and 2015 were relatively small.
Looking at the
charts more closely, the money used up by the government for education was highest,
amounting to 24$ in 2010. The figures for healthcare and pensions took up the second
and third highest in the same year, recording 21% and 19%, respectively. This was
followd by defence, welfare, interest on borrowing, transport, culture and leisure
and other. While the figure for three main categories remained stable from 2010
to 2015, amount of budget for the others changed more significantly except for culture
and leisure and other, accounting for 1% in 2015. In particular, the figure for
defence and decreased from 17% to 14% by 3% points and over the period, while that
for welfare went up from 8% to 13%. |