Government expenditure on benefits in the UK 1948-2024

Government expenditure on benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2023/24

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Release date

May 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1948 to 2024

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

*Data for 2023/24 is forecast data

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