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

Pension Credit expenditure

Pension Credit expenditure: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour03k5k8k19501960197019801990200020102020Year 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: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £0m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £2.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £6.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £6.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £7.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £7.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £8.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £8.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £8.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £7.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £6.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £6.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £5.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £5.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £5.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £5.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £5.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £4.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £4.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £5.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £6bn £ 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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