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State Pension caseload

State Pension caseload: Year ending March 1956 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05m10m1960197019801990200020102020Year ending March 1956: 4,621,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1957: 4,729,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1958: 4,832,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1959: 5,412,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1960: 5,541,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1961: 5,661,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1962: 5,778,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1963: 5,919,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1964: 5,965,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1965: 6,142,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1966: 6,340,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1967: 6,523,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1968: 6,751,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1969: 6,955,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1970: 7,151,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1971: 7,344,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1972: 7,495,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1973: 7,648,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1974: 7,803,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1975: 7,951,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1976: 8,128,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1977: 8,315,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1978: 8,436,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1979: 8,579,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1980: 8,727,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1981: 8,895,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1982: 9,074,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1983: 9,164,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1984: 9,261,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1985: 9,298,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1986: 9,495,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1987: 9,627,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1988: 9,700,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1989: 9,755,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1990: 9,755,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: 9,930,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: 9,990,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: 10,056,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: 10,061,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: 10,097,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: 10,384,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: 10,536,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: 10,680,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: 10,782,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: 10,936,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: 11,004,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: 11,095,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: 11,195,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: 11,320,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: 11,477,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: 11,585,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: 11,715,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: 11,938,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: 12,160,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: 12,410,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: 12,566,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: 12,667,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: 12,810,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: 12,888,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: 12,958,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: 12,957,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: 12,930,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: 12,838,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: 12,724,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: 12,556,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: 12,379,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: 12,457,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: 12,597,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: 12,776,000 people · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: 12,987,000 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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