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Where Your Money Goes

Explore how your taxes are spent — every department, every pound.

Government Spending Breakdown
Category
Per Household / yr
% of Total
🏥 Welfare
£244.68
25.6%
🏨 Health
£208.18
21.7%
💰 Debt Interest Waste
£183.48
19.2%
👴 State Pension
£124.78
13.0%
🎓 Education
£98.38
10.3%
🛡️ Defence
£77.18
8.1%
🚂 Transport
£39.88
4.2%
Total Government Spending: £956.0B

Based on HM Treasury 2024/25 published figures. Per-household estimates based on 28.2M UK households.

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Your Tax — Where It Goes
£31,482
avg household tax contribution
Employment & Welfare
38.9%
Spending Taxes
24.6%
Property & Assets
15.8%
Motoring & Transport
6.2%
Business Taxes
6.0%
Investment Income
5.4%
Environmental & Sin
3.2%
Other
0.3%
Department Breakdown
🏥
NHS & Health
£232B
Annual budget
Per household: £8,200
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🎓
Education
£108B
Annual budget
Per household: £3,820
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🧾
DWP (Benefits)
£280B
Annual budget
Per household: £9,900
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🛡️
Defence
£84B
Annual budget
Per household: £2,970
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💰
HM Treasury / Debt
£100B
Annual budget
Per household: £3,540
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🚂
Transport
£44B
Annual budget
Per household: £1,555
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🏠
Home Office
£19B
Annual budget
Per household: £672
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⚖️
Justice
£12B
Annual budget
Per household: £424
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Data source: All figures from HM Treasury PESA 2024/25. Per-household estimates based on 28.2M UK households. Figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Debt interest figures represent interest payments on the national debt, not principal repayment.
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