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DWP · Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025 · people

Incapacity benefits caseload

Incapacity benefits caseload: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01m2m3m19501960197019801990200020102020Year 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: 103,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: 107,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: 1,254,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: 1,272,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: 1,270,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: 1,340,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: 1,387,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: 1,332,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: 1,339,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: 1,408,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: 1,446,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: 1,531,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: 1,662,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: 1,799,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: 1,959,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: 2,172,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: 2,409,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: 2,594,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: 2,765,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: 2,848,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: 2,819,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: 2,813,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: 2,749,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: 2,731,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: 2,767,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: 2,797,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: 2,814,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: 2,819,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: 2,811,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: 2,763,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: 2,718,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: 2,678,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: 2,719,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: 2,662,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: 2,636,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: 2,608,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: 2,541,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: 2,476,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: 2,531,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: 2,543,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: 2,491,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: 2,399,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: 2,227,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: 2,559,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: 2,660,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: 2,882,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: 3,072,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: 3,291,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: 3,549,000 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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