24-41 Public Expenditure by Policy Area Group
	(HKD 100 million)
Item	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011
Community and External Affairs	80.45	84.82	389.28	140.92	152.31
Economic	138.48	135.63	249.75	184.65	179.49
Education	519.34	538.25	749.95	582.40	618.24
Environment and Food	101.88	120.51	123.91	137.00	152.74
Health	321.27	336.23	367.06	383.87	398.55
Housing	146.71	143.36	174.03	162.58	180.73
Infrastructure	291.59	263.80	292.38	473.02	482.51
Security	251.22	279.85	279.99	298.43	327.40
Social Welfare	335.40	348.68	392.48	404.18	409.26
Support	262.34	273.82	290.85	304.87	336.35
Total	2448.68	2524.95	3309.68	3071.92	3237.58
Notes: Figures for 2010/2011 are revised estimate.
Public expenditure comprises government expenditure, expenditure by the Trading Funds and expenditure by the Housing Authority.  It does
not include expenditure by those organisations, including statutory organisations, in which the Government has only an equity position, such
as the Airport Authority and the MTR Corporation Limited.