Government spending on social protection in the UK 2001-2024
Social protection spending in the United Kingdom reached 360.9 billion British pounds in 2023/24, compared with 360.9 billion pounds in the previous year.
Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)
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Expenditure
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Income
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Borrowing and Debt
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GOV.UK, & HM Treasury. (July 30, 2024). Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, und HM Treasury. "Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)." Chart. July 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, HM Treasury. (2024). Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, and HM Treasury. "Public Sector Expenditure on Social Protection in The United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK & HM Treasury, Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/ (last visited March 16, 2025)
Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & HM Treasury, July 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
