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Public expenditure — GCSE Citizenship Studies Definition

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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term

Public expenditure

Definition

Money spent by government on services, support and other public purposes.

Used by AQA and Edexcel

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies · 8100

Paper 1

Revise: Budgeting and Risk Management

AQA Citizenship Studies past papers

Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies · 1CS0

Paper 1, Paper 2

Government spending, including spending on public services, benefits and debt interest.
Revise: Taxation and Spending

Edexcel Citizenship Studies past papers

Related key terms

Budget
Budget deficit
Budgeting
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Contingency planning

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Funding allocation

Government revenue