UK benefits expenditure 2023

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In 2022/23 the UK government is expected to spend approximately 231.4 billion British pounds on benefits, compared with the previous year when benefit expenditure was 234.2 billion pounds.

Government expenditure on benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2022/23 (in million GBP)

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1948 to 2023

Supplementary notes

2022/23 is forecast data
This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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