Civometry

DWP · 8 May 2015 – 9 June 2017

State Pension caseload during the Conservative 2015–2017 government

Year ending March 2015 → Year ending March 2017 · 2 periods

↓ 0.2%−28,000 people

State Pension caseload fell by 0.2% over the period, from 12,958,000 people (Year ending March 2015, the level when the government took office) to 12,930,000 (Year ending March 2017, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2015: 12,958,000
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2017: 12,930,000
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

State Pension caseload: Year ending March 1956 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05m10m1960197019801990200020102020Year ending March 1956: 4,621,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1957: 4,729,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1958: 4,832,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1959: 5,412,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1960: 5,541,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1961: 5,661,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1962: 5,778,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1963: 5,919,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1964: 5,965,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1965: 6,142,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1966: 6,340,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1967: 6,523,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1968: 6,751,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1969: 6,955,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1970: 7,151,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1971: 7,344,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: 7,495,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: 7,648,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: 7,803,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: 7,951,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: 8,128,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: 8,315,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: 8,436,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: 8,579,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: 8,727,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: 8,895,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: 9,074,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: 9,164,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: 9,261,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: 9,298,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: 9,495,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: 9,627,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: 9,700,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: 9,755,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: 9,755,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: 9,930,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: 9,990,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: 10,056,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: 10,061,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: 10,097,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: 10,384,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: 10,536,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: 10,680,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: 10,782,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: 10,936,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: 11,004,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: 11,095,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: 11,195,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: 11,320,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: 11,477,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: 11,585,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: 11,715,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: 11,938,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: 12,160,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: 12,410,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: 12,566,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: 12,667,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: 12,810,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: 12,888,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: 12,958,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: 12,957,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: 12,930,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: 12,838,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: 12,724,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: 12,556,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: 12,379,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: 12,457,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: 12,597,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: 12,776,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: 12,987,000 people · published 26 March 2026
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Definition and caveats

The average number of people receiving the State Pension over the financial year.

Doesn’t measure: How much each receives, which depends on their contribution record.