FOI Ref: FOI/2023/4846
You asked
Between 2001-2022 (or 2021 if 2022 data is not processed yet) what was the total value of monies paid by the UK government in state pension payments in nominal terms and in real terms.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, we do not hold information about monies paid to the Government in state pension payments.
HM Treasury might be better placed to assist with your query. They can be contacted at foirequests@hmtreasury.gov.uk.
You may also find our Public sector finances, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) publication helpful. State pension payments form a large portion of our National Insurance Fund Benefits (NIFB) indicator but we do not have a detailed breakdown of these data.
The NIFB datasets are available via the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/publicsectorfinancesappendixatables110 .
To access this data, please download the xlsx file and select tab 'PSA6E_2', series identifier 'QYRJ'.
If you would like further information about this data set please contact public.sector.inquiries@ons.gov.uk.