24-41  Public Expenditure by Policy Area Group
	(HKD 100 million)
Item	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011	2011/2012
Community and External Affairs	84.82	389.28	140.92	152.31	260.67
Economic	135.63	249.75	184.65	179.49	475.37
Education	538.25	749.95	582.40	618.24	682.74
Environment and Food	120.51	123.91	137.00	152.74	176.84
Health	336.23	367.06	383.87	398.55	451.81
Housing	143.36	174.03	162.58	180.73	199.82
Infrastructure	263.80	292.38	473.02	482.51	528.64
Security	279.85	279.99	298.43	327.40	315.63
Social Welfare	348.68	392.48	404.18	409.26	436.20
Support	273.82	290.85	304.87	336.35	360.41
Total	2524.95	3309.68	3071.92	3237.58	3888.13
Notes: Figures for 2011/2012 are revised estimates.
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.