Wellington, May 20 NZPA - A list of the main spending announcements in the 2010 budget:

* $900 million in new funding for education over four years plus a further $1 billion reprioritised funding. Money goes to operational funding for schools, operating and capital funding for school property, support the Youth Guarantee scheme and allow more parents and teachers to take part in the Incredible Years programme, development of ultra fast broadband in schools and an extension to the National Education Network trial. Also more funding for early childhood education with adjustments and redirected funding aimed at managing rapidly rising costs in the sector.

* $2.1b over four years (about $525m a year) in health for new operating funding and capital investment, targeted funding for district health boards and new medical training places in the 2010/2011 year.

* $1.45b over 2010/2011 year as part of a $7.5b previously announced, five-year general infrastructure spending plan including extra fast broadband roll-out, electrification of Auckland rail lines and improvements to the wider rail network and rolling stock, and funding to lift prison capacity and manage justice sector pressures.

* $90.5m over four years (about $23m a year) for a "transformation fund" for non-government organisations. The fund would help communities to work to remove duplication in services provided.

* $93m over four years (about $23m a year) for disability support services. Money would go to a range of areas including home and community support services, residential services for people with intellectual disabilities and respite care.

* $69.3 million over four years (about $17m a year) for prisons to be spent on planning for the new Wiri prison in South Auckland, and for 245 more beds at Mt Eden Prison.

* $75.9m capital funding over four years (roughly $19m a year) for a new computer border management system which will bring Customs and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry processes together under one system and improve security. Border clearance should also be streamlined and simpler.

* $26.7m over 2010-11 to extend places on the Job Ops programme for unemployed 16-24 year-olds. Under the scheme employers are subsidised to take the young workers on.

* $35m over four years (about $8.75m a year) to fund increased costs within the Defence Force, including increased depreciation and operating costs and new equipment.

* $20m to extend the Housing Innovation Fund for another year and improve housing affordability.

* $6.5m over three years (about $2.16m a year) to help achieve a goal of settling all Waitangi Tribunal claims by 2014.

* $5m over the next year to develop camping grounds and cycle trails.

* $5.9m over two years (about $3m a year) for community law centres.

* An extra $13.6m in 2011-12 for employment assistance to help those affected by the recession.

Some announcements were made before budget day, including $321 over four years to support research, science and technology, $750m over three years to bolster KiwiRail, $1b over five years to help repair leaky homes and $134.3m over four years for the social welfare Whanua Ora programme.