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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026 · £ billion, 2024-25 prices

Spending on social protection, real terms

Spending on social protection, real terms: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020040020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £255.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £277.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2005: £284.3bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2006: £288.3bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2007: £289.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2008: £302.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2009: £314.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2010: £340.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2011: £346.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2012: £360.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2013: £366.4bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2014: £360.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2015: £364.7bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2016: £367.5bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2017: £360.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: £360.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: £360.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: £352.8bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: £363.9bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: £364.2bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £365.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £393.1bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £399.6bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £407.3bn £ billion, 2024-25 prices · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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