Data on the United Kingdom's government spending on pension credit from 2003/04 to 2021/22 shows that since the pension credit's introduction on October 6, 2003 expenditure on pension credit peaked in the early 2010s but has been declining since then.
Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP)
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Department for Work and Pensions UK, & GOV.UK. (May 27, 2022). Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/
Department for Work and Pensions UK, und GOV.UK. "Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP)." Chart. May 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/
Department for Work and Pensions UK, GOV.UK. (2022). Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/
Department for Work and Pensions UK, and GOV.UK. "Government Expenditure on Pension Credit in Real Terms in The United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/
Department for Work and Pensions UK & GOV.UK, Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/ (last visited June 04, 2023)
Government expenditure on pension credit in real terms in the United Kingdom from 2003/04 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) [Graph], Department for Work and Pensions UK, & GOV.UK, May 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284413/pension-credit-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending/