Ministers say the rise in the amount spent on working age benefits must be slowed.
On average, the money spent on buybacks was 50% higher than the amount spent on dividends.
The huge amount spent on end-of-life care is another subject that nobody wants to talk about.
Every government budget has been cut, including the amount spent on Spain's public health system.
But the amount spent on books has fallen by 12% per pupil each year.
In inflation adjusted terms, the amount spent on employee health insurance has risen 30.4 percent since 2002.
He estimates that the loss ratio--the amount spent on care compared to the premium collected--is around 200%.
"We agree the amount spent on attempting to avoid the correct decision is unacceptable, " the group added.
Most media consultants receive commissions of up to 15 percent of the amount spent on air time.
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Between 2002 and 2008, the amount spent on government contracts more than doubled.
Undoubtedly, there are examples of unneeded tests and that the total amount spent on those tests is still large.
Some government spending is most certainly worth more than the actual amount spent.
The amount spent on defender offices is typically one-third or less that spent on the teams of prosecutors they face.
The Office for National Statistics figures showed that the amount spent online accounted for 10.1% of all retail spending, excluding fuel.
It argued that this would "wrongly prioritise the amount spent rather than results achieved" and risk "quality, value for money, and accountability".
Store traffic was up, the average amount spent over the Black Friday weekend was up nicely, and online sales are apparently booming.
The LCI saw a decline of nearly 15 percent in the average amount spent on luxury in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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It found that insurers of "at-fault" drivers had no control over the amount spent on repairs or replacement vehicles by "not-at-fault" drivers.
Typically, the additional deposit is 50% of the amount spent above 13%.
The McCain campaign said that Palin had reduced yearly travel expenses by roughly 80 percent of the amount spent by predecessor Frank Murkowski.
Still, a traveler may return from a trip having used a credit card for all purchases and discover charges exceeding the amount spent.
It estimated that half the amount spent by the average family on postal services was the cost of sending large letters and small parcels.
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Hop Farm Trading blamed decreasing numbers of visitors and a reduction in the average amount spent by each visitor, as well as continued bad weather.
According to some estimates, half the amount spent on a person's health during his or her life is accounted for in the last six months.
Some 38% of local council budgets are spent on caring for the vulnerable, but the amount spent on the elderly fluctuates from borough to borough.
The amount spent on no-bid, non-competitive contracts jumped by 129 percent.
And one of the major causes of dishonesty is the amount spent by corporations to reach us globally through the conduit of celebrity, as their messaging fragments online.
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In a way, it could even be more privacy protective in that the cards will capture only the amount spent, not what it was spent on (as a receipt would).
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