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[2] For a public-sector comparison, the UK prime minister is entitled to a salary of £167,391 [3] [4] and the Cabinet Secretary is entitled to a salary of £200,000 to £204,999. [5] The table below outlines financial data - CEO salaries and turnover figures - where available, of a selection of major charities in the United Kingdom, by capital.
Pie chart of UK government spending, 2023–24. [2] The most significant area of government spending is welfare (£341 billion in financial year 2023-24), [2] with the largest single element of this being for the State Pension, which totals £124 billion.
In the UK, there are nearly 70,000 children living with foster families each day. This is almost three-quarters of the total number of children in care away from home, which is over 98,000. [3] Prospective foster parents must pass an assessment by a social worker to determine suitability to foster. [4]
Since the income tax rate was then 1 shilling and two pence in the pound (5.83%), the value of the tax credit was therefore 11 shillings and eight pence per child. Since most people did not earn enough to pay tax, this was a subsidy for middle-class parents.
A 2017 poll found that 57% of Britons were willing to pay more tax to fund social care. Norman Lamb (Care Minister under the Cameron–Clegg coalition) said, "This shows the clear appetite for paying a bit more to ensure that our loved ones get the care they need. With over a million older people going without the care and support they need ...
The following is the case plan goals of 2022 for the 368,530 children in foster care according to the federal government Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. [19] - 52% of foster children have the goal to Reunify with Parent(s) or Primary Caretaker(s) [19] - 4% of foster children have the goal to Live with Other Relative(s) [19]
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the UK had one of the lowest government expenditures in Western Europe per head of the population at £695 in 2018 as compared with £1,530 in Norway, £1,451 in the Netherlands, £1,222 in Sweden or £1,033 in Switzerland, though higher than Spain or Portugal with £218 ...
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 paper on the health and well-being of Carers, Carers save the Australian Federal Government over $30 billion a year, according to the same statistics there are over 300 000 Young Carers (Carers Australia states that a Young carer is any carer under the age of 25 [1]) with 1.5 million potential young carers, where potential is defined as a ...