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Reshuffle 2014: Women Control One In Four Pounds Of Government Spending

How Much Spending Power Do Women Have In Dave's Cabinet?
Asa Bennett
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron listens during a visit to officially open the Williams F1 new Advanced Engineering facility near Wantage in Oxfordshire, England, Friday, July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
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David Cameron has just put the finishing touches to his reshuffle that was heavily billed as a way to add more women to the "male, pale and stale" cabinet.

Women now make up roughly a quarter of the cabinet, in contrast to the 52% share of Britain's population. But how much sway do the female cabinet ministers have in the coalition?

For its calculations, HuffPost UK used the government departmental expenditure limits (2013-2014), combining the current and capital budgets, which provide for all firm spending plans. The biggest female spender is new education secretary Nicky Morgan.

Out of the £360 billion annual budget across government departments, female cabinet ministers now control £89.8 billion altogether, equating to around one in four pounds.

Here is how it breaks down.

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UK Government Departments By Spending Power
Jeremy Hunt: £109.9 billion(01 of19)
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Hunt's Department of Health has a total budget of nearly £110 billion.
Nicky Morgan: £55.6 billion(02 of19)
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New education secretary Nicky Morgan's Department for Education had a £51.7 billion current budget and a £3.9 billion capital budget.
Michael Fallon: £34.8 billion(03 of19)
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New defence secretary Michael Fallon's Ministry of Defence controls just nearly £35 billion.
Alistair Carmichael: £28.4 billion(04 of19)
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Carmichael's Scotland Office has over £28 billion as a budget.
Eric Pickles: £21.1 billion(05 of19)
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Pickles has a total budget at the Department for Communities and Local Government of just over £21 billion.
Vince Cable: £17.3 billion(06 of19)
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Cable's department for Business manages over £17 billion
Stephen Crabb: £15.2 billion(07 of19)
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New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb's Wales Office has a budget of over £15 billion.
Patrick McLoughlin: £12.2 billion(08 of19)
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McLoughlin's Department for Transport has a budget of just over £12 billion.
Theresa May: £11.1 billion(09 of19)
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Theresa May's Home Office manages just over £11 billion
Theresa Villiers: £10.7 billion(10 of19)
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Villiers' Northern Ireland Office has nearly £11 billion as a budget.
Justine Greening: £10.1 billion(11 of19)
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Greening's Department for International Development has over £10 billion for its budget.
IDS: £8.1 billion(12 of19)
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Iain Duncan Smith's work and pensions department has just over £8 billion as a budget.
Chris Grayling: £7.7 billion(13 of19)
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Grayling's Department of Justice manages nearly £8 billion.
George Osborne: £3.4 billion(14 of19)
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Osborne's Treasury has a current budget of £3.2 billion, with a £0.2 billion capital budget.
Ed Davey: £3.4 billion(15 of19)
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Davey's Department for Energy and Climate Change has a budget of over £3 billion.
Francis Maude: £2.6 billion(16 of19)
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Cabinet office minister Francis Maude's department gets a budget of £2.6 billion.
Liz Truss: £2.3 billion(17 of19)
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New environment secretary Liz Truss' Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has over £2 billion for its budget.
Philip Hammond: £2.1 billion(18 of19)
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New foreign secretary Philip Hammond's Foreign Office gets to play with just over £2 billion.
Sajid Javid: £1.1 billion(19 of19)
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Javid's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has over £1 billion to play with.
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