UK public spending, 2025-26

£1tn pays social protection (all benefits and pensions) for 2.6 years

Social protection (all benefits and pensions) costs £379bn a year — £1.04bn a day, or £12,010 every second.

Your £1tn is 263.9% of the annual bill

Source: HMT PESA social protection 2025-26, ~£379bn. Assumes the money goes out evenly through the year.

£1tn on the clock

The same £1tn elsewhere

Budget	Lasts
The whole UK governmentruns	38 weeks
The NHSruns	4.9 years
The state pensionpays	6.9 years
Interest on the national debtcovers	10.2 years
Schools and educationruns	10.5 years
Defence (day-to-day)runs	25.6 years
The deficitplugs	7.8 years
HMRC's takematches	55 weeks
The monarchy (Sovereign Grant)runs	7570.0 years