2016/17

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Attendance Allowance

5,534

5,615

5,780

6,039

6,363

Bereavement Benefits

8

1

0

0

0

Carer's Allowance

39

37

37

38

31

Christmas Bonus - contributory

124

124

123

122

121

Cold Weather Payments

72

74

75

75

76

Disability Living Allowance

4,446

3,896

3,325

3,061

2,896

Financial Assistance Scheme

214

226

238

250

259

Funeral Expenses Payments

16

16

16

16

16

Housing Benefit

6,243

5,866

5,573

5,348

5,352

Industrial injuries benefits

515

505

504

509

489

Mesothelioma 2008

9

9

9

9

9

Over-75 TV Licence

631

653

468

247

0

Pension Credit

5,751

5,516

5,317

5,292

5,281

Personal Independence Payment

661

1,319

1,729

1,957

2,179

Pneumoconiosis 1979

45

45

45

45

44

Severe Disablement Allowance

126

120

117

115

113

State Pension

91,677

94,054

97,222

100,297

103,339

of which basic element

69,023

68,468

68,516

68,610

68,189

of which earnings-related element ("Additional Pension", "SERPS" or "S2P")

18,139

17,841

17,738

17,784

17,676

of which Graduated Retirement Benefit

2,170

2,110

2,068

2,041

1,999

of which lump sums (covering all contributory elements)

738

733

655

550

451

of which new State Pension (excluding protected payments)

1,430

4,550

7,726

10,664

14,242

of which new State Pension Protected Payments (including inherited elements)

82

252

415

538

668

of which non-contributory ("Category D")

96

100

103

109

114

State Pension Transfers

2

2

2

2

2

Winter Fuel Payments

2,059

2,022

1,988

1,970

1,959

Total Expenditure directed at pensioners

118,174

120,100

122,570

125,393

128,529