The UK government spent approximately 72 million pounds on statutory sick pay in 2021/22, compared with 54 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 Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme.
Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2022/23 (in million GBP)
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GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK. (April 25, 2023). Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2022/23 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/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 2022/23 (in million GBP)." Chart. April 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/
GOV.UK, Department for Work and Pensions UK. (2023). Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2022/23 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/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 2022/23 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/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 2022/23 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Government expenditure on statutory sick pay and sickness benefits in the United Kingdom from 1948/49 to 2022/23 (in million GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK, April 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/283958/uk-statutory-sick-pay-expenditure/