UK spends more on families than most OECD countries (Guardian)

Only Denmark and France spend more on children but in terms of outcomes UK
lags behind countries which spend less

Britain is one of the biggest investors in families across all countries of
the Organisation of Co-operation and Economic Development (OECD), according to
a report looking at how governments support families.

It spent 3.6% of its GDP on family benefits, compared to an OECD average of
2.2% over all benefits, in 2007. Only Denmark and France spent more, at 3.7%
each.

The OECD report into family life has found the UK spends more on each child
than most other OECD countries, more than ?138,000 from birth up to the age of
18, compared to an OECD average of ?95,000. Most of it, 2.1% of GDP, spent on
families was spent on cash benefits, such as child benefit and working tax
credit.

However, in terms of better outcomes for families, such as the ability to lift
children out of poverty, gender equality and family employment, Britain lags
behind countries which spend less.

Dominic Richardson, one of a team of analysts behind the OECD report, Doing
Better for Families, said that Nordic countries, which spend proportionally
more on services than ...

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