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Friday, 12 July, 2002, 06:27 GMT 07:27 UK

Spending quiz

How often does Gordon Brown publish the government's three year spending plans?


	A: Every year


	B: Every two years


	C: Every three years

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the chancellor's behind-the-scenes, overseeing the wrangling over spending plans. Who is he?


	A: Andrew Smith


	B: Paul Boateng


	C: Stephen Timms

How did then Speaker Betty Boothroyd manage some off-target forecasting when MPs debated the last comprehensive spending review?


	A: She said William Hague would become Prime Minister


	B: She called Tony Blair European President


	C: She called Michael Portillo the leader of the Opposition

What did Gordon Brown reinstate in the 1998 spending review?


	A: Free eye tests for pensioners


	B: Free prescriptions for all


	C: Free milk for schoolchildren

How much was the boost promised in the 2000 comprehensive spending review?


	A: £25bn


	B: £32bn


	C: £43bn

Where was royal treasure kept under the first treasurer?


	A: London


	B: Winchester


	C: Edinburgh

When did chancellors of the Exchequer start living in Number 11 Downing Street?


	A: 1747


	B: 1828


	C: 1876

How many years has Conservative shadow chancellor Michael Howard spent as a cabinet minister?


	A: Seven years


	B: Eight years


	C: Ten years

At what innocent age did Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor become an MP?


	A: 21


	B: 24


	C: 27

Who said: "The myth that the solution to every problem is increased spending has been comprehensively dispelled?"


	A: Margaret Thatcher


	B: Labour 1997 election manifesto


	C: Denis Healey

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