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Fiscal and social change 1997-2009

Public expenditure

Crime prevention

      1979             2009      
Total police officer strength, England & Wales[1] (thousands) 126 142
Total crime (millions)[2] 16.7 10.7


Defence

UK regular armed forces strength at 1 April (thousands)[3]

      1980             2009      
Navy 72 38
Army 159 107
Air Force 90 44

Education

      1979             2009      
Percentage of primary school pupils in large classes (>30), [4] 34 13
GCSE and equivalent exams, percentage achieving 5 or more grades A* to C[5] 46 65

Health

      1979             2009      
numbers waiting for inpatient admission in England[6] (millions) 1.16 0.59

The Euro: Gordon Brown's five tests

1. Whether there can be sustainable convergence between Britain and the economies of a single currency.
2. Whether there is sufficient flexibility to cope with economic change.
3. The effect on investment.
4. The impact on our financial services industry.
5. Whether it is good for employment.

Sources

  1. ↑ Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Police Service,[1]
  2. ↑ British Crime Survey estimates [2]
  3. ↑ UK Armed Forces - Quarterly Manpower Statistics
  4. ↑ EnglandEducation departments' reports of school/pupil censuses
  5. ↑ GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2007/08 (revised), GCSE and equivalent results in England 2005/06 (revised) and earlier
  6. ↑ Hospital Waiting Lists in England, Green Book
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