Quiz | Public Spending January 16, 2025October 30, 2024 by Jon Chadwick 96 Public Spending Given there is a controversial budget being announced today I thought we might have a quick quiz of public spending.... 1 / 15 How big is the UK economy? £4trn a year £2.4tn a year £24trn a year 2 / 15 What do we spend more on? Asylum and immigration State Pension 3 / 15 How much more do we spend on state pensions compared to immigration and asylum? 4 times more twice as much 40 times more 4 / 15 What do we spend more on? Education State Pension 5 / 15 What do we spend more on? Benefits for UK citizens Asylum and immigration 6 / 15 What do we spend more on? Education Overseas Aid 7 / 15 What do we spend more on? Defence Climate change and net zero 8 / 15 What do we spend more on? Defence NHS 9 / 15 What do we spend more on? Defence Interest payments on Government debt 10 / 15 Roughly what percentage of social welfare spending goes on Asylum and immigration? 50% 1% 10% 11 / 15 What do we spend more on? State Pension NHS 12 / 15 How much do we spend on the NHS per year? £2bn £22bn £220bn 13 / 15 What percentage of Government spending goes on MPs salaries and expenses? 0.01% 10% 1% 14 / 15 What do we spend more on? Transport Defence 15 / 15 How much does the UK Government spend a year? £110bn £11bn £1.1tn Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Share this blog: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like this:Like Loading…