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DWP · 10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997

Pension Credit expenditure during the Conservative 1992–1997 government

Year ending March 1992 → Year ending March 1997 · 5 periods

→ £0m £ million

Pension Credit expenditure was unchanged over the period, from £0m £ million (Year ending March 1992, the level when the government took office) to £0m (Year ending March 1997, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 1992: £0m
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 1997: £0m
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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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Definition and caveats

Spending on Pension Credit in the financial year, in cash terms.

Doesn’t measure: Pensioners entitled to Pension Credit who do not claim it.