Table 4. Central government fiscal account including National Insurance Scheme. Expenditure by programme category(1). Annual figures. Million kroner

Central government's fiscal account revenue and expenditure, 2008

4 Central government fiscal account including National Insurance Scheme. Expenditure by programme category(1). Annual figures. Million kroner
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Budget 2009



TOTAL EXPENDITURE	592 679	622 245	650 053	683 527	715 078	778 561	848 471

Fiscal account excluding National
Insurance Scheme, total	368 154	391 857	414 603	444 483	467 905	513 397	571 842
General administration, constitutional institutions and foreign affairs	9 400	13 174	15 159	17 924	19 319	21 896	22 003
International assistance	14 899	14 979	17 900	18 697	20 437	22 213	25 750
Defense and civilian preparedness	30 545	31 460	29 809	30 418	32 713	34 244	33 458
Public order and safety affairs	13 940	14 658	15 760	16 593	17 511	19 075	19 879
Education, research, church affairs and cultural affairs³	43 929	43 585	44 653	62 322	65 769	72 268	78 523
Social affairs excluding National Insurance Scheme	4 092	5 976	3 083	10 241	16 100	15 954	16 750
Health affairs excluding National Insurance Scheme	61 309	68 320	79 650	78 526	85 458	98 733	107 723
Family and consumer affairs³	26 318	32 193	34 283	22 232	22 373	23 131	23 411
Environmental and regional planning affairs	2 651	2 621	2 769	2 953	3 093	3 519	3 911
Immigration, working environment and regional policies	6 903	8 314	8 611	8 824	8 826	9 520	11 616
General transfers to municipalities and county municipalities²	53 428	47 617	48 596	53 937	57 810	65 201	72 498
Housing, construction and community affairs	6 403	5 805	5 554	5 565	6 623	6 220	7 181
Agriculture, forestry and food affairs	14 069	14 477	13 783	13 812	13 919	14 692	15 113
Fishing, fish farming and coastal affairs	2 754	2 910	2 862	3 022	3 419	3 672	3 864
Economic affairs, energy, trade and shipping affairs	24 157	24 594	27 850	28 089	28 769	31 426	38 091
Labour market affairs	7 473	8 585	8 402	7 128	5 870	6 184	7 187
Transportation and communication affairs	19 362	21 180	22 178	22 307	24 577	25 983	27 952
Other purposes including interest payments	26 522	31 409	33 701	41 893	35 319	39 466	56 932

National Insurance Scheme, total	224 526	230 394	235 453	239 047	247 169	265 163	276 629
Maternity and adoption benefits	9 122	9 714	9 909	10 441	11 247	12 367	12 857
Old age pensions	77 338	81 656	85 973	90 680	97 310	105 383	109 753
Invalidity pensions	39 582	42 301	45 297	48 334	52 178	56 525	59 267
Sickness allowances	29 122	26 868	24 510	26 823	27 966	31 404	32 615
Other social affairs⁴	27 602	28 190	27 855	25 219	34 269	34 626	35 086
Health affairs	21 043	19 240	19 731	18 934	19 510	19 984	21 598
Labour affairs⁴	20 717	22 425	22 178	18 616	4 689	4 874	5 453

¹In case of adjustments in the delimitation of programme categories, only large revisions are corrected for. ²The sharp increase in general transfers in 2002 reflects the change in ownership of public hospitals, from local to central government. ³Kindergarten changed programme category from Family and consumer affairs to Education, research, church affairs and cultural affairs from 2006. ⁴Contributions to vocational occupational rehabilitation changed programme category from Labour affairs to Other social affairs from 2007.