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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026 · £ billion

Spending on social protection

Spending on social protection: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020040020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £145.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £155.6bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2005: £164.1bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2006: £171bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2007: £177bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2008: £188.6bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2009: £203.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2010: £223bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2011: £230.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2012: £244.8bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2013: £253.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2014: £254.2bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2015: £261.1bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2016: £264.9bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2017: £265.4bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2018: £268.7bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2019: £274.8bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2020: £275.8bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2021: £299.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2022: £300.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2023: £322.2bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2024: £365.2bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2025: £386.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026Year ending March 2026: £407.3bn £ billion · published 2 September 2026
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2026, chapter 4: expenditure by function, 2026-09-02 (published 2 September 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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