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.
Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22
(in million GBP)
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GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK. (May 21, 2024). Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
GOV.UK, und Department for Work and Pensions UK. "Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP)." Chart. May 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
GOV.UK, Department for Work and Pensions UK. (2024). Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
GOV.UK, and Department for Work and Pensions UK. "Government Expenditure on Statutory Sick Pay and Sickness Benefits in The United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 May 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
GOV.UK & Department for Work and Pensions UK, Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2021/22 (in million GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK, May 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
