DWP forecasts for sickness benefit cost

Various measures, real terms (2025/26 prices)

Working age (out-of-work) = working-age incapacity benefits; working age (all) = working-age incapacity and disability benefits; all ages, direct costs = all-age incapacity and disability benefits. Published Nov 2024; updated Apr 2025.
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