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

Incapacity benefits expenditure

Incapacity benefits expenditure: Year ending March 1949 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010k20k19501960197019801990200020102020Year ending March 1949: £43.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1950: £65.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1951: £68.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1952: £63.3m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1953: £79.2m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1954: £84.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1955: £84.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1956: £99.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1957: £96.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1958: £111.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1959: £133.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1960: £130.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1961: £135m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1962: £154.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1963: £161.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1964: £191.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1965: £200.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1966: £248.5m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1967: £261.8m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1968: £322.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1969: £348.4m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1970: £382.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1971: £373.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: £413.7m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: £486.6m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: £547.8m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: £664.9m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: £885m £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: £1.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: £1.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: £1.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: £1.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: £2.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: £2.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: £2.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: £2.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: £3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: £3.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: £3.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: £4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: £4.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: £5.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £6.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £7.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £9.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £10.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £11.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £11.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £12.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £12.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £12.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £11.8bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £12.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £12.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £12.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £12.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £12.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £12.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £12bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £12.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £12.6bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £13.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £13.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £13.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £13.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £13.5bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £14.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £15.1bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £15.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £15.9bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £16.3bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £17.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £19.2bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £20.7bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £21.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £25.4bn £ million · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £29.7bn £ 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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