Table 1: Public spending for the Department for Work and Pensions
| All Years |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
| Resource DEL2 |
| Section A: Core Department |
4,667 | 5,990 | 6,044 | 6,252 | 6,348 | 7,767 |
| Section B: Health and Safety Executive (Net) |
165 | 162 | 157 | 181 | 180 | 179 |
| Section C: Money and Pensions Service (Net) |
139 | 150 | 156 | 165 | 164 | 210 |
| Section D: Other Arm's Length Bodies (Net) |
106 | 105 | 108 | 116 | 118 | 133 |
| Section E: Employment Programmes |
293 | 790 | 815 | 753 | 765 | 790 |
| Section F: Support for Local Authorities |
237 | 214 | 212 | 206 | 212 | 203 |
| Section G: Funding for Public Corporations |
-13 | -1 | -9 | -20 | -22 | -8 |
| Section H: Other Benefits |
344 | 813 | 978 | 979 | 977 | 864 |
| Section I: National Insurance Fund - Core Department |
687 | 714 | 211 | 301 | 647 | 516 |
| Section J: Social Fund |
36 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 22 |
| Total Resource DEL |
6,661 | 8,972 | 8,696 | 8,957 | 9,420 | 10,677 |
| Of which: |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staff costs |
3,499 | 3,865 | 3,756 | 4,096 | 4,458 | 4,607 |
| Purchase of goods and services |
2,237 | 2,504 | 2,324 | 2,528 | 2,722 | 3,840 |
| Income from sales of goods and services |
-294 | -229 | -222 | -192 | -191 | -283 |
| Current grants to local government (net) |
640 | 1,106 | 1,236 | 1,224 | 1,257 | 983 |
| Current grants to persons and non-profit (net) |
464 | 1,672 | 1,520 | 1,279 | 1,341 | 1,160 |
| Current grants abroad (net) |
-186 | -283 | -556 | -541 | -538 | - |
| Subsidies to public corporations |
48 | 48 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 6 |
| Rentals |
54 | 18 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 80 |
| Depreciation3 |
185 | 264 | 565 | 558 | 416 | 448 |
| Take up of provisions |
8 | 8 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Change in pension scheme liabilities |
27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other resource |
-23 | -1 | 1 | -73 | -100 | -164 |
| Resource AME4 |
| Section K: Severe Disablement Benefit |
72 | 62 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 49 |
| Section L: Industrial Injuries Benefits Scheme |
723 | 705 | 695 | 736 | 752 | 737 |
| Section M: Universal Credit |
38,082 | 40,592 | 41,170 | 52,039 | 66,546 | 75,993 |
| Section N: Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Related) |
8,817 | 8,182 | 7,561 | 7,446 | 7,169 | 2,679 |
| Section O: Income Support |
1,074 | 768 | 866 | 647 | 280 | - |
| Section P: Pension Credit |
5,071 | 4,834 | 4,935 | 5,467 | 6,008 | 5,948 |
| Section Q: Financial Assistance Scheme |
281 | 945 | -1,664 | -271 | 162 | 177 |
| Section R: Attendance Allowance |
5,345 | 5,307 | 5,668 | 6,696 | 7,767 | 8,307 |
| Section S: Personal Independence Payment |
13,692 | 15,209 | 17,637 | 21,689 | 25,898 | 28,519 |
| Section T: Disability Living Allowance |
5,808 | 5,696 | 5,975 | 6,862 | 7,723 | 8,017 |
| Section U: Carer's Allowance |
3,039 | 3,075 | 3,250 | 3,738 | 4,239 | 4,469 |
| Section V: Housing Benefit |
17,027 | 15,545 | 14,876 | 15,162 | 14,677 | 11,552 |
| Section W: Statutory Maternity Pay |
2,594 | 2,569 | 2,629 | 2,881 | 3,054 | 3,167 |
| Section X: Christmas Bonus (Non-Contributory) |
36 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 53 |
| Section Y: Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Related) |
435 | 300 | 225 | 145 | 91 | - |
| Section Z: State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
135 | 160 | 179 | 224 | 229 | 214 |
| Section AA: Support for Mortgage Interest |
6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
| Section AB: Cost of Living Support Payments |
- | - | 5,665 | 7,792 | -4 | 5 |
| Section AC: Other Expenditure |
-49 | 6 | 29 | -2 | -9 | - |
| Section AD: Other Expenditure EALBs (Net) |
-1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Section AE: Social Fund: Winter Fuel |
1,957 | 1,974 | 4,566 | 4,655 | 302 | 316 |
| Section AF: Incapacity Benefit |
5 | -9 | 12 | -1 | 1 | - |
| Section AG: Social Fund: Other |
145 | 10 | 192 | 80 | 78 | 86 |
| Section AH: Employment and Support Allowance (Contributory) |
4,567 | 4,507 | 4,527 | 4,911 | 5,168 | 4,975 |
| Section AI: Maternity Allowance |
384 | 362 | 390 | 412 | 403 | 424 |
| Section AJ: Bereavement Benefits |
498 | 341 | 399 | 330 | 349 | 311 |
| Section AK: Christmas Bonus (Contributory) |
123 | 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
| Section AL: Jobseeker's Allowance (Contributory) |
611 | 190 | 108 | 169 | 222 | 249 |
| Section AM: State Pension (Contributory) |
101,901 | 104,533 | 110,355 | 123,884 | 136,357 | 145,404 |
| Total Resource AME |
212,378 | 216,030 | 230,471 | 265,923 | 287,701 | 301,780 |
| Of which: |
| Current grants to local government (net) |
17,027 | 15,545 | 14,876 | 15,162 | 14,677 | 11,552 |
| Current grants to persons and non-profit (net) |
194,051 | 198,889 | 217,830 | 251,524 | 273,993 | 290,271 |
| Depreciation3 |
-107 | 224 | -1,476 | 137 | 96 | 392 |
| Take up of provisions |
1,555 | 1,504 | -399 | -512 | -811 | 177 |
| Release of provision |
-394 | -498 | -750 | -774 | -704 | -953 |
| Change in pension scheme liabilities |
-26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Other resource |
271 | 364 | 389 | 385 | 448 | 342 |
| Total Resource Budget |
219,039 | 225,002 | 239,167 | 274,880 | 297,121 | 312,457 |
| Of which: |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation3 |
78 | 488 | -911 | 695 | 512 | 840 |
| Capital DEL5 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Section A: Core Department |
279 | 442 | 231 | 475 | 469 | 678 |
| Section B: Health and Safety Executive (Net) |
11 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 13 |
| Section C: Money and Pensions Service (Net) |
1 | - | 12 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| Section D: Other Arm's Length Bodies (Net) |
8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -18 | 1 |
| Section G: Funding for Public Corporations |
108 | 113 | 140 | 63 | 1 | - |
| Section J: Social Fund |
62 | 49 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 50 |
| Total Capital DEL |
468 | 626 | 450 | 632 | 522 | 756 |
| Of which: |
| Staff costs |
2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Purchase of goods and services |
3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| Capital grants to private sector companies (net) |
- | - | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| Capital support for public corporations |
108 | 110 | 138 | 61 | 48 | 86 |
| Purchase of assets |
319 | 457 | 286 | 621 | 462 | 580 |
| Income from sales of assets |
-25 | -2 | -34 | -125 | -48 | - |
| Net lending to the private sector and abroad |
62 | 49 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 50 |
| Other capital |
- | -4 | - | 3 | -2 | - |
| Capital AME |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Section M: Universal Credit |
168 | 70 | 110 | 129 | 267 | 462 |
| Section AA: Support for Mortgage Interest |
29 | 18 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 71 |
| Section AC: Other Expenditure |
- | - | 7 | 46 | -23 | 45 |
| Section AG: Social Fund: Other |
-51 | -58 | -63 | -49 | -50 | -60 |
| Total Capital AME |
146 | 30 | 70 | 157 | 241 | 518 |
| Of which: |
| Net lending to the private sector and abroad |
443 | 475 | 197 | 263 | 578 | 554 |
| Other capital |
-298 | -445 | -134 | -156 | -314 | -82 |
| Take up of provisions |
- | - | 7 | 50 | 3 | 45 |
| Capital grants to private sector companies (net) |
- | - | - | - | -5 | - |
| Release of provision |
- | - | - | - | -20 | - |
| Total Capital Budget |
614 | 656 | 520 | 790 | 763 | 1,274 |
| Total departmental spending |
219,574 | 225,170 | 240,598 | 274,975 | 297,371 | 312,892 |
| Of which: |
| Total DEL |
6,944 | 9,334 | 8,581 | 9,031 | 9,526 | 10,985 |
| Total AME |
212,630 | 215,836 | 232,017 | 265,943 | 287,845 | 301,906 |