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Carer's Allowance caseload: record highs and lows

The extremes of carer's allowance caseload as published by DWP, across the 77 periods held here (Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 1,325,000 in Year ending March 2025, is the highest in the whole published series of 77 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

1,325,000Year ending March 2025

Lowest published

0Year ending March 1949 — the same figure was published for at least one other period

The full series

Carer's Allowance caseload: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m19501960197019801990200020102020Year ending March 1949: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1950: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1951: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1952: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1953: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1954: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1955: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1956: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1957: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1958: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1959: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1960: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1961: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1962: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1963: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1964: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1965: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1966: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1967: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1968: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1969: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1970: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1971: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: 0 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: 6,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: 6,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: 7,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: 7,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: 8,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: 9,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: 10,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: 10,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: 33,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: 76,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: 104,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: 118,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: 130,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: 152,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: 182,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: 220,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: 263,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: 326,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: 343,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: 367,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: 373,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: 448,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: 459,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: 493,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: 541,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: 632,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: 702,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: 754,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: 803,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: 852,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: 907,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: 961,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: 1,004,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: 1,032,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,056,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,071,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: 1,108,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,170,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,210,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,245,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,219,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,179,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: 1,181,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,187,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,230,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,258,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,325,000 people · published 26 March 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.