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DWP · Year ending March 1974 to Year ending March 2025 · people

Disability benefits caseload

Disability benefits caseload: Year ending March 1974 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02m4m6m19801990200020102020Year ending March 1974: 143,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: 170,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: 193,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: 251,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: 298,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: 339,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: 383,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: 461,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: 527,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: 602,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: 704,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: 821,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: 929,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: 1,033,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: 1,151,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: 1,257,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: 1,363,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: 1,482,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: 1,642,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: 1,935,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: 2,248,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: 2,512,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: 2,937,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: 3,144,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: 3,369,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: 3,496,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: 3,599,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: 3,719,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: 3,863,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: 4,000,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: 4,154,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: 4,290,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: 4,406,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: 4,518,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: 4,641,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: 4,771,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: 4,909,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: 4,987,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: 5,009,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: 5,017,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: 4,961,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: 5,031,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: 5,212,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: 5,278,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: 5,262,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: 5,278,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: 5,354,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: 4,974,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: 5,137,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: 5,501,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: 5,958,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: 6,531,000 people · 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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