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DWP · Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025 · £ million

Carer's Allowance expenditure

Carer's Allowance expenditure: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k19501960197019801990200020102020Year ending March 1949: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1950: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1951: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1952: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1953: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1954: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1955: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1956: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1957: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1958: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1959: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1960: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1961: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1962: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1963: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1964: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1965: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1966: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1967: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1968: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1969: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1970: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1971: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: £1.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: £2.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: £4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: £4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: £5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: £6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: £8m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: £10m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: £11m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: £13m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: £104m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: £183.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: £173.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: £183.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £208m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £284.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £345.3m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £441.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £526.3m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £617.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £736.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £745.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £782.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £834.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £867m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £931.8m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £993.1m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £1.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £1.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £1.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £1.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £1.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £1.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £1.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £1.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £1.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £1.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £2.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £2.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £2.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £2.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £2.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £2.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £2.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £3.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £3.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £3.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £4.2bn £ 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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