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<p>The total expenditure on social security in the UK in 2016–17 was forecast to be
£217.9bn by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), in their Spring Budget 2017
forecast. Table 4.24 of the OBR’s March 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>
provides more detail, including a breakdown by benefit area.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Office
for Budget Responsibility, <em>Economic and Fiscal Outlook</em>, March 2017, Table
4.24 (http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf).</p>
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