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Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP)

Characteristic	Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)	Sickness Benefit
2021/22	76	-
2020/21	57	-
2019/20	-	-
2018/19	-	-
2017/18	-	-
2016/17	-	-
2015/16	-	-
2014/15	7	-
2013/14	66	-
2012/13	76	-
2011/12	65	-
2010/11	62	-
2009/10	67	-
2008/09	67	-
2007/08	65	-
2006/07	69	-
2005/06	65	-
2004/05	70	-
2003/04	133	-
2002/03	119	-
2001/02	120	-
2000/01	119	-
1999/00	118	-
1998/99	49	-
1997/98	48	-
1996/97	180	-
1995/96	69	23
1994/95	157	672
1993/94	1,316	729
1992/93	1,413	748
1991/92	1,648	577
1990/91	2,106	484
1989/90	2,302	494
1988/89	2,354	503
1987/88	2,352	540
1986/87	2,243	530
1985/86	1,680	851
1984/85	1,652	907
1983/84	1,721	912
1982/83	-	1,997
1981/82	-	2,632
1980/81	-	2,798
1979/80	-	3,337
1978/79	-	4,145
1977/78	-	3,878
1976/77	-	3,739
1975/76	-	3,651
1974/75	-	3,690
1973/74	-	3,938
1972/73	-	4,065
1971/72	-	4,898
1970/71	-	6,101
1969/70	-	6,865
1968/69	-	6,681
1967/68	-	6,516
1966/67	-	5,428
1965/66	-	5,414
1964/65	-	4,613
1963/64	-	4,601
1962/63	-	3,948
1961/62	-	3,897
1960/61	-	3,528
1959/60	-	3,481
1958/59	-	3,577
1957/58	-	3,057
1956/57	-	2,776
1955/56	-	3,037
1954/55	-	2,680
1953/54	-	2,747
1952/53	-	2,616
1951/52	-	2,281
1950/51	-	2,653
1949/50	-	2,596
1948/49	-	1,768

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May 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

1948 to 2022

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This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the

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The UK government spent approximately 76 million pounds on statutory sick pay in 2022/23, compared with 57 million in 2020/21. Government expenditure on sickness benefits peaked in real terms during the 1969/70 financial year, and was replaced by statutory sick pay (SSP) in 1983. SSP was gradually phased out in the 1990s, and the costs of sickness absence passed onto employers, resulting in zero government expenditure between 2015/16 and 2019/20. The expenditure in 2020/21 and 2021/22 was due to the COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme.