The cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents work in Wales

In March 2025, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published an article1
which estimated that the cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents
work in the UK was likely to be at least £240 billion in 2022, possibly as much as £330
billion. We have estimated that in Wales, the cost was approximately £19.4 billion in
2022.