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Figure 5 - Spending Review 2004 spending plans

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ODPM- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister – Local and regional Government (Housing, planning, communities)

LG – Local Government

HO – Home office (Public order and safety, immigration)

DCA – Department for Constitutional Affairs

LOD – Law Officers Department

MOD – Ministry of Defence

FCO – Foreign and Commonwealth Office

DfID – Department for International Development (Overseas aid)

DTI – Department for Trade and Industry

DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DCMS – Department for Culture, Media and Sport

DWP – Department for Work and Pensions

NIE – Northern Ireland Executive

NIO – Northern Ireland Office

CD – Chancellor’s Departments (HM Treasury, tax collection, customs)

CO – Cabinet Office

To date the departments who have had the greatest increase in funding are the Department of Health and
the Departments for Education and Skills who have seen their share of spending increase from 5.4 and
4.5 per cent to 7 and 5.4 per cent respectively. Transport and public order and safety have also
experienced significant increases in funding since 1997-98. See Figure 6. Spending on science and
technology has doubled as a proportion of GDP since 1998-99, to 0.2 per cent of GDP.