Social Security: Expenditure
(asked on 5th April 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total expenditure on social security in 2016–17; and what were the ten largest heads of expenditure.
This question was answered on 19th April 2017
The total expenditure on social security in the UK in 2016–17 was forecast to be £217.9bn by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), in their Spring Budget 2017 forecast. Table 4.24 of the OBR’s March 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook[1] provides more detail, including a breakdown by benefit area.
[1] Office for Budget Responsibility, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, March 2017, Table 4.24 (http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf).