3.4 Billion

That is a huge number, especially when it is preceded by that lovely little £ but surprisingly it is also quite a common figure in politics and current events. Have you tried googling that figure to see what you get? I'm going to guess not as well, I can't imagine much fun to be gained from it but none-the-less, I did so.

A quick run down of the most popular results.

£3.4 Billion is:
the total cost of income support and family credit for 1.3 million single parent families in 1993
the cost of dealing with problems arising from local environmental quality and anti-social behaviour.
the amount spent by local councils on "education prgrams" in 2005
the amount funding given by the National Lottert, Government and London Authority

$3.4 Billion is:
the amount of tax generated by nonprofit organizations involved with school music programs for the U.S. Treasury each year.
the amount that would be set aside for the training and recruitment of teachers under Bush's No Child Left Behind Act (ignoring whether or not that money ever was set aside...)

3.4 Billion is:
the number of children that have received help/benefits/support from Save The Children.
the number people estimated to be living in countries/areas that are water scarce.


and two final results:

£3.4 Billion is how much it would cost to put every child in the world into school.
£3.4 Billion is how much the UK spends on cosmetics and health products in one year.


That is all.
I think that says enough.