The March 2017 United Kingdom budget was delivered by Philip Hammond , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. The last budget to be held in the spring until 2020 , it was Hammond's first as Chancellor of the Exchequer since being appointed to the role in July 2016.[ 1]
2017–18 taxes and spending
Taxes
Receipts
2017-2018 revenues (£ billions).[ 2]
Income Tax
175
Value Added Tax (VAT)
143
National Insurance
130
Corporate Tax
52
Excise duties
48
Council Tax
32
Business rates
30
Other
134
Total Government revenue
744
Spending
Department
2017-2018 Expenditure (£ billions).[ 3]
Social protection
245
Health
149
Education
102
Defence
48
Debt interest
46
Housing and Environment
36
Transport
37
Public order and safety
34
Personal social services
32
Industry, agriculture and employment
23
Other
50
Total Government spending
802
References
^ "Budget 2017: Philip Hammond faces row over tax rises for self-employed - as it happened" . The Guardian . 8 March 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017 .
^ HM Treasury , "Government spending and revenue: Chart 2: Public sector receipts 2016-17", in HM Treasury (ed.), Spring Budget 2017 (PDF) , London: HMSO , p. 8, ISBN 9781474140973 .
^ HM Treasury , "Government spending and revenue: Chart 2: Public sector spending 2017-18", in HM Treasury (ed.), Spring Budget 2017 (PDF) , London: HMSO , p. 8, ISBN 9781474140973 .