This statistic shows the forecasted United Kingdom government spending on welfare benefits from fiscal year 2017/18 to fiscal year 2023/24. Over this period, expenditure relating to welfare benefits is expected to grow by 41.7 billion British pounds.
Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)*
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Office for Budget Responsibility. (March 13, 2019). Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)*." Chart. March 13, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/
Office for Budget Responsibility. (2019). Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/
Office for Budget Responsibility. "Government Expenditure Forecast on Total Welfare Benefits in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in Billion Gbp)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/
Office for Budget Responsibility, Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Government expenditure forecast on total welfare benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017/18 to 2023/24 (in billion GBP)* [Graph], Office for Budget Responsibility, March 13, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/315182/total-welfare-benefits-united-kingdom-uk-government-spending-forecast/