"Figure 34: Environmental protection expenditure by general government: by activity, 1996 to 2012","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. ‘Other activities’ includes waste water management and the administration, management, regulation, operation and support of environmental protection activities" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "Activity","Waste management","Other activities (1)","Protection of biodiversity and landscape","Research and development","Pollution abatement" "1996","3.3","0.1","0.1","0.0","0.1" "1997","3.6","0.2","0.1","0.0","0.1" "1998","3.9","0.2","0.1","0.1","0.1" "1999","4.5","0.5","0.2","0.1","0.2" "2000","4.9","0.8","0.2","0.1","0.2" "2001","5.3","0.7","0.3","0.2","0.4" "2002","5.8","1.1","0.3","0.2","0.3" "2003","6.3","1.0","0.3","0.2","0.2" "2004","6.9","1.0","0.3","0.3","0.2" "2005","5.5","1.5","0.4","0.3","0.3" "2006","9.7","1.5","0.4","0.3","0.2" "2007","10.8","1.7","0.6","0.4","0.2" "2008","10.7","1.6","0.5","0.3","0.2" "2009","11.7","2.1","0.5","0.3","0.3" "2010","11.6","2.0","0.6","0.5","0.5" "2011","11.4","1.8","0.5","0.3","0.2" "2012","11.5","1.7","0.4","0.4","0.2"