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DWP · Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2025 · £ million

Benefit expenditure on working-age people

Benefit expenditure on working-age people: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour050k100k20162018202020222024Year ending March 2016: £53.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £54.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £56.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £60.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £66.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £85.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £86.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £93.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £108.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £119.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026
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Source: DWP, Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: outturn and forecast (Spring Forecast 2026), Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: Spring Forecast 2026 (published 26 March 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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