Accessible Text Alternative for Bar Chart Showing Allocation of Funds across Subcategories

Alternative text version for Figure FUN 3.2b: a bar graph illustrating the allocation of funds across various sectors within a particular budget, indicating the priorities and financial distribution for each service category. Shown in billions of pounds and as a percentage.

Local Authority net expenditure, 2021 to 2022

  • Education: £34.8 billion, 33% of the total budget
  • Adult social care: £19.0 billion, 18% of the total budget
  • Police: £13.6 billion, 13% of the total budget
  • Children’s social care: £11.3 billion, 11% of the total budget
  • Environmental services: £5.5 billion, 5% of the total budget
  • Highways and transport: £5.3 billion, 5% of the total budget
  • Public health: £4.2 billion, 4% of the total budget
  • Central services: £4.1 billion, 4% of the total budget
  • Cultural services: £2.4 billion, 2% of the total budget
  • Fire and rescue: £2.3 billion, 2% of the total budget
  • Housing services: £2.2 billion, 2% of the total budget
  • Planning and development: £2.1 billion, 2% of the total budget
  • Other: £0.2 billion, 0% of the total budget
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