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Benefit expenditure and caseload tables

Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual fiscal events at autumn and spring.

This collection contains historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data which is usually consistent with the annual fiscal events at autumn and spring.

Read our information and guidance on benefit expenditure and caseload tables including why we publish them, where the data comes from and how we have applied the Code of practice for statistics.

We also publish ad hoc analysis relating to benefit expenditure.

Contact expenditure.tables@dwp.gov.uk with any feedback and queries.

Benefit expenditure and caseload tables from 2010

Find benefit expenditure and caseload tables before 2010 on the National Archives.

Guidance

Published 20 September 2013
Last updated 25 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added a link to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables for 2023.

  2. Added a link to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables for 2022.

  3. Added a link to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables for 2021.

  4. Added a link to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables for 2020.

  5. Added a link to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2019.

  6. Added 'Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2018' - these have historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual Spring and Autumn Budgets.

  7. Published 'Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2017'.

  8. Published Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2016.

  9. Added date of next update to benefit expenditure tables (7 April 2015).

  10. Added information about inclusion of spending on Tax-Free Childcare, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Additional Paternity Pay, and Shared Parental Pay in Benefit expenditure and caseload tables from 2015.

  11. Published 'Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2015'.

  12. Updated benefit expenditure and caseload tables: Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary constituency from 2000/01 to 2013/14; Benefit expenditure by local authority from 2000/01 to 2013/14; Benefit expenditure by region 1996/97 to 2013/14; Outturn and forecast: Autumn Statement 2014.

  13. Benefit Expenditure and caseload table for the Budget 2014 have been added.

  14. Additional information added to the detail explaining what information the expenditure tables contain

  15. First published.