Social protection spending in the United Kingdom reached 318.8 billion British pounds in 2022/23, compared with 300 billion pounds in the previous year.
Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP)
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Overview
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Income
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GOV.UK, & HM Treasury. (July 19, 2023). Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, und HM Treasury. "Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP)." Chart. July 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, HM Treasury. (2023). Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK, and HM Treasury. "Public Sector Expenditure on Social Protection in The United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/
GOV.UK & HM Treasury, Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/ (last visited December 09, 2023)
Public sector expenditure on social protection in the United Kingdom from 1999/00 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & HM Treasury, July 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298481/social-protection-spending-uk/