Budget

Currently

The UK government’s 2021 Spending Review covers the period from 2021-2022 to 2023-2024.

Here is a rough breakdown of the percentage of the UK budget allocated to each department:

Department of Health and Social Care: 23.3%

Department for Work and Pensions: 13.9%

Department of Education: 12.3%

Ministry of Defence: 9.4%

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): 6.8%

Home Office: 5.6%

Department for Transport: 4.6%

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 2.6%

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 1.9%

Ministry of Justice: 1.6%

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 1.4%

Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government: 1.4%

Cabinet Office: 1.1%

Other departments: 16.1%

Changes

If the Ministry of Defence budget was reduced to 9% and the Other departments budget was reduced to 15%, it would result in a total saving of £12.54 billion (£3.29 billion from the Ministry of Defence budget and £9.25 billion from the Other departments budget).

The Department for BEIS would increase by £530 million over the next 4 years to increase the UKSA budget & ESA contributions. This would make the budget 6.9%

The Department for Transport budget would increase to 5%, costing an additional £3.33 billion

Overall this would save the taxpayers £8.68 billion, this would be put aside to assist with the transition to a green country in line with the changes outlined in the transport policy.

Please see individual policies for more details.