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

Disability benefits expenditure

Disability benefits expenditure: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020k40k19501960197019801990200020102020Year 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: £6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: £23.2m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: £35.8m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: £62.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: £96.1m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: £135.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: £186.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: £215m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: £280m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: £385m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: £503m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: £639m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: £799m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: £932m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: £1.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: £1.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: £1.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: £1.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: £1.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £2.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £2.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £3.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £4.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £5.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £6.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £7.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £8.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £9.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £10.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £11bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £11.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £12.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £13.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £14.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £15.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £16.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £17.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £18bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £19bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £19.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £20.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £21.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £22.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £23.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £24.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £25.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £25bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £26.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £29.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £35.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £41.7bn £ 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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