UK public spending, 2025-26
£1m pays social protection (all benefits and pensions) for 83 seconds
Social protection (all benefits and pensions) costs £379bn a year — £1.04bn a day, or £12,010 every second.
Your £1m is 0.00026% of the annual bill
The same £1m elsewhere
| Budget | Lasts |
|---|---|
| The whole UK governmentruns | 23 seconds |
| The NHSruns | 2 min 35 sec |
| The state pensionpays | 3 min 37 sec |
| Interest on the national debtcovers | 5 min 23 sec |
| Schools and educationruns | 5 min 32 sec |
| Defence (day-to-day)runs | 13 min 29 sec |
| The deficitplugs | 4 min 7 sec |
| HMRC's takematches | 34 seconds |
| The monarchy (Sovereign Grant)runs | 2 days 18 hr |