Government spending on social protection UK 2024, by function

Published by D. Clark, Jun 2, 2025

In 2023/24, the government of the United Kingdom spent approximately 360 billion British pounds on social protection, with spending on old age social protection amounting to 155.6 billion pounds. 

Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom in 2023/24, by sub-function (in million GBP)

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Release date

July 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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