Band 6+: The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts illustrate the spendings of a particular government in 2 years, from 2010 to 2015.

Overall, it is noticeable that government expenditures experienced insignificant changes over the years, with education being the sector that required the highest financial support.

In the year 2010, the proportion of money spent on education by government was 24%, while in 2015, this figure slightly decreased by 3%(21%). Governmental expanses on healthcare were almost similar during both years, with 21% in 2010, and by 1% less 5 years later. And the equal proportion of money was spent on pensions throughout a period, at 19%.

Need to allocate money from state budget on defense fell over the following years, with the figure for this sector at 13% in 2015, and 17% 5 years earlier. By contrast, amount of expenditure for welfare and interest on borrowing increased by 6 and 5 percent respectively. Exactly 1% was spent on each regarding 3 sectors, namely transport, culture and leisure and other.