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<p>The benefit expenditure for 2014/15 is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Benefit</td><td>2014/15
expenditure £m</td></tr><tr><td>Employment & Support Allowance</td><td>12,827</td></tr><tr><td>Incapacity
Benefit</td><td>245</td></tr><tr><td>Income Support incapacity</td><td>389</td></tr><tr><td>Severe
Disablement Allowance</td><td>735</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>14,196</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Severe
Disablement Allowance is a non-contributory version of Incapacity Benefit and is included
here for completeness. Information on the sickness or disability element of Universal
Credit is currently unavailable.</p><p>Detailed information on benefit expenditure
is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015</a></p><br
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