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

Housing support expenditure

Housing support expenditure: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010k20k30k19501960197019801990200020102020Year 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: £22m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: £20m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: £105m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: £225m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: £138m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: £194m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: £201m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: £684m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: £721m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: £793m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: £1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: £1.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: £2.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: £2.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: £2.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: £3.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: £3.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: £3.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: £3.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: £4.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £5.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £6.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £7.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £9.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £10.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £10.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £11.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £11.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £11.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £11.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £11.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £11.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £12.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £12.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £13.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £13.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £14.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £15.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £17.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £20bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £21.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £22.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £23.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £24.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £24.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £24.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £23.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £22.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £20.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £24.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £29.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £29.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £29.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £32.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £36bn £ 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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