Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations Honourable Paul Ramsey, Minister	This electronic version is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official version.

Report H: SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES

TABLE H7
EXPENDITURE BY FUNCTION¹
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND

	Actual 1996/97	Actual 1997/98	Actual 1998/99	Revised Forecast 1999/00	Budget Estimate 2000/01	Annual Rate of Growth 1996/97 to 2000/01
			($ millions)			(per cent)
Health	7,061.7	7,248.9	7,582.5	8,160.8	8,502.5	4.8
Social services	3,019.9	3,101.8	3,035.2	2,999.2	3,109.9	0.7
Education	5,757.8	5,774.2	5,901.5	6,119.8	6,370.8	2.6
Protection of persons and property	1,116.1	1,039.9	1,066.3	1,105.3	1,060.2	(1.3)
Transportation	861.6	788.3	778.6	1,711.72	635.5	(7.3)
Natural resources and economic development	1,043.5	856.4	947.3	1,028.03	911.0	(3.3)
Other	494.2	478.7	372.2	322.4	442.84	(2.7)
General government	240.6	245.0	250.0	305.8	258.3	1.8
Debt servicing	867.3	833.6	838.1	840.0	1,009.0	3.9
Total Expenditure	20,462.7	20,366.8	20,771.7	22,593.0	22,300.0	2.2
1 Expenditure by function is presented on a basis to more closely follow the presentation used by Statistics Canada. Unless otherwise indicated, figures for previous years have been restated to be consistent with the presentation used for 2000/01. 2 Includes forgiveness of $1.08 billion debt owed to the government by British Columbia Ferry Corporation. 3 Includes a one-time writedown of $70 million for the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre project and $41.4 million writedown of the government's investment in the Kemess mine. 4 The Contingencies and New Programs vote is assigned to "Other" in the 2000/01 budget estimate, but is allocated to functions according to specific expenditures in prior years.