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Boston and Pendle

72,288 and 99,643 residents (mid-2024).

Boston is higher than Pendle on 4 of 22 measures per person in the age group, 11 of 22 per resident and 0 of 22 in total.

On 11 of 22 measures, which area is higher depends on whether you count per person or in total. Choose a way of counting below to see each one.

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Per person in the age group

Boston is higher on 4 of 22 measures, and Pendle on 18. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Boston Pendle

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Boston £4,788, Pendle £4,752Pendle: £4,752Boston: £4,788Pendle: £4,772Boston: £4,808Pendle: £4,507Boston: £4,541

    £4,788£4,808£4,541Boston is higherDepends on how you count£4,752£4,772£4,507

  2. Pensioner benefitsper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, per person aged 66 and over: Boston £12,663, Pendle £13,097Pendle: £13,097Boston: £12,663Pendle: £13,152Boston: £12,717Pendle: £12,423Boston: £12,011

    £12,663£12,717£12,011Pendle is higherDepends on how you count£13,097£13,152£12,423

  3. Working-age benefitsper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £2,468, Pendle £2,685Pendle: £2,685Boston: £2,468Pendle: £2,696Boston: £2,479Pendle: £2,547Boston: £2,341

    £2,468£2,479£2,341Pendle is higher£2,685£2,696£2,547

  4. State Pensionper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    State Pension, per person aged 66 and over: Boston £11,260, Pendle £11,536Pendle: £11,536Boston: £11,260Pendle: £11,585Boston: £11,308Pendle: £10,943Boston: £10,681

    £11,260£11,308£10,681Pendle is higherDepends on how you count£11,536£11,585£10,943

  5. Pension Creditper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, per person aged 66 and over: Boston £606, Pendle £682Pendle: £682Boston: £606Pendle: £685Boston: £608Pendle: £647Boston: £574

    £606£608£574Pendle is higherDepends on how you count£682£685£647

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over: Boston £765, Pendle £842Pendle: £842Boston: £765Pendle: £845Boston: £768Pendle: £799Boston: £726

    £765£768£726Pendle is higherDepends on how you count£842£845£799

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, per person aged 66 and over: Boston £33, Pendle £37Pendle: £37Boston: £33Pendle: £37Boston: £33Pendle: £35Boston: £31

    £33£33£31Pendle is higherDepends on how you count£37£37£35

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Boston £478, Pendle £514Pendle: £514Boston: £478Pendle: £517Boston: £480Pendle: £488Boston: £453

    £478£480£453Pendle is higher£514£517£488

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Boston £124, Pendle £172Pendle: £172Boston: £124Pendle: £173Boston: £125Pendle: £163Boston: £118

    £124£125£118Pendle is higher£172£173£163

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £127, Pendle £185Pendle: £185Boston: £127Pendle: £186Boston: £127Pendle: £175Boston: £120

    £127£127£120Pendle is higher£185£186£175

  11. Universal Creditper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £2,021, Pendle £2,113Pendle: £2,113Boston: £2,021Pendle: £2,122Boston: £2,030Pendle: £2,004Boston: £1,917

    £2,021£2,030£1,917Pendle is higher£2,113£2,122£2,004

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Boston £173, Pendle £169Pendle: £169Boston: £173Pendle: £170Boston: £174Pendle: £160Boston: £164

    £173£174£164Boston is higherDepends on how you count£169£170£160

  13. Employment and Support Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £307, Pendle £372Pendle: £372Boston: £307Pendle: £373Boston: £308Pendle: £353Boston: £291

    £307£308£291Pendle is higher£372£373£353

  14. Jobseeker's Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £5.91, Pendle £7.57Pendle: £7.57Boston: £5.91Pendle: £7.60Boston: £5.94Pendle: £7.18Boston: £5.61

    £5.91£5.94£5.61Pendle is higher£7.57£7.60£7.18

  15. Income Supportper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25

    Income Support, per person aged 16 to 64: Boston £7.34, Pendle £7.93Pendle: £7.93Boston: £7.34Pendle: £7.96Boston: £7.37Pendle: £7.52Boston: £6.96

    £7.34£7.37£6.96Pendle is higher£7.93£7.96£7.52

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Boston £11, Pendle £9.75Pendle: £9.75Boston: £11Pendle: £9.79Boston: £11Pendle: £9.25Boston: £10

    £11£11£10Boston is higherDepends on how you count£9.75£9.79£9.25

  17. State Pensionper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    State Pension, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Boston 1,009.2, Pendle 1,007.0Pendle: 1,007.0Boston: 1,009.2

    1,009.2Boston is higherDepends on how you count1,007.0

  18. Pension Creditper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Boston 130.4, Pendle 141.1Pendle: 141.1Boston: 130.4

    130.4Pendle is higherDepends on how you count141.1

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 people aged 66 and over: Boston 162.0, Pendle 178.7Pendle: 178.7Boston: 162.0

    162.0Pendle is higherDepends on how you count178.7

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Boston 73.5, Pendle 80.9Pendle: 80.9Boston: 73.5

    73.5Pendle is higher80.9

  21. Universal Creditper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, May 2026

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64: Boston 250.8, Pendle 281.0Pendle: 281.0Boston: 250.8

    250.8Pendle is higher281.0

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64: Boston 27.4, Pendle 44.1Pendle: 44.1Boston: 27.4

    27.4Pendle is higher44.1

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Boston and Pendle, per person in the age group
MeasureBostonPendleHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£4,788£4,808£4,541£4,752£4,772£4,507Boston
Pensioner benefitsper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£12,663£12,717£12,011£13,097£13,152£12,423Pendle
Working-age benefitsper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£2,468£2,479£2,341£2,685£2,696£2,547Pendle
State Pensionper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£11,260£11,308£10,681£11,536£11,585£10,943Pendle
Pension Creditper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£606£608£574£682£685£647Pendle
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£765£768£726£842£845£799Pendle
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper person aged 66 and over, 2024-25£33£33£31£37£37£35Pendle
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£478£480£453£514£517£488Pendle
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£124£125£118£172£173£163Pendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£127£127£120£185£186£175Pendle
Universal Creditper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£2,021£2,030£1,917£2,113£2,122£2,004Pendle
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£173£174£164£169£170£160Boston
Employment and Support Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£307£308£291£372£373£353Pendle
Jobseeker's Allowanceper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£5.91£5.94£5.61£7.57£7.60£7.18Pendle
Income Supportper person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25£7.34£7.37£6.96£7.93£7.96£7.52Pendle
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£11£11£10£9.75£9.79£9.25Boston
State Pensionper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 20261,009.21,007.0Boston
Pension Creditper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026130.4141.1Pendle
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 people aged 66 and over, March 2026162.0178.7Pendle
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202673.580.9Pendle
Universal Creditper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, May 2026250.8281.0Pendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 people aged 16 to 64, March 202627.444.1Pendle

Per resident

Boston is higher on 11 of 22 measures, and Pendle on 11. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Boston Pendle

  1. All benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    All benefits, per resident: Boston £4,788, Pendle £4,752Pendle: £4,752Boston: £4,788Pendle: £4,772Boston: £4,808Pendle: £4,507Boston: £4,541

    £4,788£4,808£4,541Boston is higherDepends on how you count£4,752£4,772£4,507

  2. Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, per resident: Boston £2,509, Pendle £2,261Pendle: £2,261Boston: £2,509Pendle: £2,270Boston: £2,519Pendle: £2,144Boston: £2,380

    £2,509£2,519£2,380Boston is higherDepends on how you count£2,261£2,270£2,144

  3. Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, per resident: Boston £1,493, Pendle £1,626Pendle: £1,626Boston: £1,493Pendle: £1,633Boston: £1,500Pendle: £1,542Boston: £1,416

    £1,493£1,500£1,416Pendle is higher£1,626£1,633£1,542

  4. State Pensionper resident, 2024-25

    State Pension, per resident: Boston £2,231, Pendle £1,991Pendle: £1,991Boston: £2,231Pendle: £2,000Boston: £2,240Pendle: £1,889Boston: £2,116

    £2,231£2,240£2,116Boston is higherDepends on how you count£1,991£2,000£1,889

  5. Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, per resident: Boston £120, Pendle £118Pendle: £118Boston: £120Pendle: £118Boston: £120Pendle: £112Boston: £114

    £120£120£114Boston is higherDepends on how you count£118£118£112

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per resident: Boston £152, Pendle £145Pendle: £145Boston: £152Pendle: £146Boston: £152Pendle: £138Boston: £144

    £152£152£144Boston is higherDepends on how you count£145£146£138

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, per resident: Boston £6.44, Pendle £6.33Pendle: £6.33Boston: £6.44Pendle: £6.35Boston: £6.47Pendle: £6.00Boston: £6.11

    £6.44£6.47£6.11Boston is higherDepends on how you count£6.33£6.35£6.00

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per resident: Boston £478, Pendle £514Pendle: £514Boston: £478Pendle: £517Boston: £480Pendle: £488Boston: £453

    £478£480£453Pendle is higher£514£517£488

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, per resident: Boston £124, Pendle £172Pendle: £172Boston: £124Pendle: £173Boston: £125Pendle: £163Boston: £118

    £124£125£118Pendle is higher£172£173£163

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper resident, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per resident: Boston £77, Pendle £112Pendle: £112Boston: £77Pendle: £112Boston: £77Pendle: £106Boston: £73

    £77£77£73Pendle is higher£112£112£106

  11. Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, per resident: Boston £1,223, Pendle £1,279Pendle: £1,279Boston: £1,223Pendle: £1,285Boston: £1,228Pendle: £1,214Boston: £1,160

    £1,223£1,228£1,160Pendle is higher£1,279£1,285£1,214

  12. Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, per resident: Boston £173, Pendle £169Pendle: £169Boston: £173Pendle: £170Boston: £174Pendle: £160Boston: £164

    £173£174£164Boston is higherDepends on how you count£169£170£160

  13. Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, per resident: Boston £186, Pendle £225Pendle: £225Boston: £186Pendle: £226Boston: £186Pendle: £214Boston: £176

    £186£186£176Pendle is higher£225£226£214

  14. Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident: Boston £3.58, Pendle £4.59Pendle: £4.59Boston: £3.58Pendle: £4.61Boston: £3.60Pendle: £4.35Boston: £3.40

    £3.58£3.60£3.40Pendle is higher£4.59£4.61£4.35

  15. Income Supportper resident, 2024-25

    Income Support, per resident: Boston £4.44, Pendle £4.81Pendle: £4.81Boston: £4.44Pendle: £4.83Boston: £4.46Pendle: £4.56Boston: £4.21

    £4.44£4.46£4.21Pendle is higher£4.81£4.83£4.56

  16. Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25

    Other benefits, per resident: Boston £11, Pendle £9.75Pendle: £9.75Boston: £11Pendle: £9.79Boston: £11Pendle: £9.25Boston: £10

    £11£11£10Boston is higherDepends on how you count£9.75£9.79£9.25

  17. State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    State Pension, per 1,000 residents: Boston 200.0, Pendle 173.8Pendle: 173.8Boston: 200.0

    200.0Boston is higherDepends on how you count173.8

  18. Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Pension Credit, per 1,000 residents: Boston 25.8, Pendle 24.4Pendle: 24.4Boston: 25.8

    25.8Boston is higherDepends on how you count24.4

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Boston 32.1, Pendle 30.8Pendle: 30.8Boston: 32.1

    32.1Boston is higherDepends on how you count30.8

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents: Boston 73.5, Pendle 80.9Pendle: 80.9Boston: 73.5

    73.5Pendle is higher80.9

  21. Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026

    Universal Credit, per 1,000 residents: Boston 151.7, Pendle 170.2Pendle: 170.2Boston: 151.7

    151.7Pendle is higher170.2

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per 1,000 residents: Boston 16.6, Pendle 26.7Pendle: 26.7Boston: 16.6

    16.6Pendle is higher26.7

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Boston and Pendle, per resident
MeasureBostonPendleHigher
All benefitsper resident, 2024-25£4,788£4,808£4,541£4,752£4,772£4,507Boston
Pensioner benefitsper resident, 2024-25£2,509£2,519£2,380£2,261£2,270£2,144Boston
Working-age benefitsper resident, 2024-25£1,493£1,500£1,416£1,626£1,633£1,542Pendle
State Pensionper resident, 2024-25£2,231£2,240£2,116£1,991£2,000£1,889Boston
Pension Creditper resident, 2024-25£120£120£114£118£118£112Boston
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£152£152£144£145£146£138Boston
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymentper resident, 2024-25£6.44£6.47£6.11£6.33£6.35£6.00Boston
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£478£480£453£514£517£488Pendle
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymentper resident, 2024-25£124£125£118£172£173£163Pendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper resident, 2024-25£77£77£73£112£112£106Pendle
Universal Creditper resident, 2024-25£1,223£1,228£1,160£1,279£1,285£1,214Pendle
Housing Benefitper resident, 2024-25£173£174£164£169£170£160Boston
Employment and Support Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£186£186£176£225£226£214Pendle
Jobseeker's Allowanceper resident, 2024-25£3.58£3.60£3.40£4.59£4.61£4.35Pendle
Income Supportper resident, 2024-25£4.44£4.46£4.21£4.81£4.83£4.56Pendle
Other benefitsper resident, 2024-25£11£11£10£9.75£9.79£9.25Boston
State Pensionper 1,000 residents, March 2026200.0173.8Boston
Pension Creditper 1,000 residents, March 202625.824.4Boston
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202632.130.8Boston
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymentper 1,000 residents, July 202673.580.9Pendle
Universal Creditper 1,000 residents, May 2026151.7170.2Pendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymentper 1,000 residents, March 202616.626.7Pendle

Total

Boston is higher on 0 of 22 measures, and Pendle on 22. Each row has its own scale from zero. Money is in 2026-27 prices2026-27 prices, using CPI inflationcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.1-11

Boston Pendle

  1. All benefitstotal, 2024-25

    All benefits, total: Boston £346.1m, Pendle £473.5mPendle: £473.5mBoston: £346.1mPendle: £475.5mBoston: £347.6mPendle: £449.1mBoston: £328.3m

    £346.1m£347.6m£328.3mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£473.5m£475.5m£449.1m

  2. Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Pensioner benefits, total: Boston £181.4m, Pendle £225.3mPendle: £225.3mBoston: £181.4mPendle: £226.2mBoston: £182.1mPendle: £213.7mBoston: £172.0m

    £181.4m£182.1m£172.0mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£225.3m£226.2m£213.7m

  3. Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Working-age benefits, total: Boston £107.9m, Pendle £162.0mPendle: £162.0mBoston: £107.9mPendle: £162.7mBoston: £108.4mPendle: £153.7mBoston: £102.4m

    £107.9m£108.4m£102.4mPendle is higher£162.0m£162.7m£153.7m

  4. State Pensiontotal, 2024-25

    State Pension, total: Boston £161.3m, Pendle £198.4mPendle: £198.4mBoston: £161.3mPendle: £199.3mBoston: £162.0mPendle: £188.2mBoston: £153.0m

    £161.3m£162.0m£153.0mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£198.4m£199.3m£188.2m

  5. Pension Credittotal, 2024-25

    Pension Credit, total: Boston £8.7m, Pendle £11.7mPendle: £11.7mBoston: £8.7mPendle: £11.8mBoston: £8.7mPendle: £11.1mBoston: £8.2m

    £8.7m£8.7m£8.2mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£11.7m£11.8m£11.1m

  6. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Boston £11.0m, Pendle £14.5mPendle: £14.5mBoston: £11.0mPendle: £14.5mBoston: £11.0mPendle: £13.7mBoston: £10.4m

    £11.0m£11.0m£10.4mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£14.5m£14.5m£13.7m

  7. Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, total: Boston £0.47m, Pendle £0.63mPendle: £0.63mBoston: £0.47mPendle: £0.63mBoston: £0.47mPendle: £0.60mBoston: £0.44m

    £0.47m£0.47m£0.44mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£0.63m£0.63m£0.60m

  8. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Boston £34.5m, Pendle £51.2mPendle: £51.2mBoston: £34.5mPendle: £51.5mBoston: £34.7mPendle: £48.6mBoston: £32.8m

    £34.5m£34.7m£32.8mPendle is higher£51.2m£51.5m£48.6m

  9. Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, total: Boston £9.0m, Pendle £17.1mPendle: £17.1mBoston: £9.0mPendle: £17.2mBoston: £9.0mPendle: £16.3mBoston: £8.5m

    £9.0m£9.0m£8.5mPendle is higher£17.1m£17.2m£16.3m

  10. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, 2024-25

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Boston £5.5m, Pendle £11.2mPendle: £11.2mBoston: £5.5mPendle: £11.2mBoston: £5.6mPendle: £10.6mBoston: £5.3m

    £5.5m£5.6m£5.3mPendle is higher£11.2m£11.2m£10.6m

  11. Universal Credittotal, 2024-25

    Universal Credit, total: Boston £88.4m, Pendle £127.5mPendle: £127.5mBoston: £88.4mPendle: £128.0mBoston: £88.8mPendle: £120.9mBoston: £83.9m

    £88.4m£88.8m£83.9mPendle is higher£127.5m£128.0m£120.9m

  12. Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25

    Housing Benefit, total: Boston £12.5m, Pendle £16.8mPendle: £16.8mBoston: £12.5mPendle: £16.9mBoston: £12.6mPendle: £16.0mBoston: £11.9m

    £12.5m£12.6m£11.9mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£16.8m£16.9m£16.0m

  13. Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Employment and Support Allowance, total: Boston £13.4m, Pendle £22.4mPendle: £22.4mBoston: £13.4mPendle: £22.5mBoston: £13.5mPendle: £21.3mBoston: £12.7m

    £13.4m£13.5m£12.7mPendle is higher£22.4m£22.5m£21.3m

  14. Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25

    Jobseeker's Allowance, total: Boston £0.26m, Pendle £0.46mPendle: £0.46mBoston: £0.26mPendle: £0.46mBoston: £0.26mPendle: £0.43mBoston: £0.25m

    £0.26m£0.26m£0.25mPendle is higher£0.46m£0.46m£0.43m

  15. Income Supporttotal, 2024-25

    Income Support, total: Boston £0.32m, Pendle £0.48mPendle: £0.48mBoston: £0.32mPendle: £0.48mBoston: £0.32mPendle: £0.45mBoston: £0.30m

    £0.32m£0.32m£0.30mPendle is higher£0.48m£0.48m£0.45m

  16. Other benefitstotal, 2024-25

    Other benefits, total: Boston £0.78m, Pendle £0.97mPendle: £0.97mBoston: £0.78mPendle: £0.98mBoston: £0.78mPendle: £0.92mBoston: £0.74m

    £0.78m£0.78m£0.74mPendle is higherDepends on how you count£0.97m£0.98m£0.92m

  17. State Pensiontotal, March 2026

    State Pension, total: Boston 14,454, Pendle 17,321Pendle: 17,321Boston: 14,454

    14,454Pendle is higherDepends on how you count17,321

  18. Pension Credittotal, March 2026

    Pension Credit, total: Boston 1,867, Pendle 2,427Pendle: 2,427Boston: 1,867

    1,867Pendle is higherDepends on how you count2,427

  19. Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, March 2026

    Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total: Boston 2,320, Pendle 3,073Pendle: 3,073Boston: 2,320

    2,320Pendle is higherDepends on how you count3,073

  20. Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, July 2026

    Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total: Boston 5,311, Pendle 8,059Pendle: 8,059Boston: 5,311

    5,311Pendle is higher8,059

  21. Universal Credittotal, May 2026

    Universal Credit, total: Boston 10,969, Pendle 16,957Pendle: 16,957Boston: 10,969

    10,969Pendle is higher16,957

  22. Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, March 2026

    Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, total: Boston 1,200, Pendle 2,660Pendle: 2,660Boston: 1,200

    1,200Pendle is higher2,660

Show the numbers
Boston and Pendle, total
MeasureBostonPendleHigher
All benefitstotal, 2024-25£346.1m£347.6m£328.3m£473.5m£475.5m£449.1mPendle
Pensioner benefitstotal, 2024-25£181.4m£182.1m£172.0m£225.3m£226.2m£213.7mPendle
Working-age benefitstotal, 2024-25£107.9m£108.4m£102.4m£162.0m£162.7m£153.7mPendle
State Pensiontotal, 2024-25£161.3m£162.0m£153.0m£198.4m£199.3m£188.2mPendle
Pension Credittotal, 2024-25£8.7m£8.7m£8.2m£11.7m£11.8m£11.1mPendle
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£11.0m£11.0m£10.4m£14.5m£14.5m£13.7mPendle
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal, 2024-25£0.47m£0.47m£0.44m£0.63m£0.63m£0.60mPendle
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£34.5m£34.7m£32.8m£51.2m£51.5m£48.6mPendle
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal, 2024-25£9.0m£9.0m£8.5m£17.1m£17.2m£16.3mPendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, 2024-25£5.5m£5.6m£5.3m£11.2m£11.2m£10.6mPendle
Universal Credittotal, 2024-25£88.4m£88.8m£83.9m£127.5m£128.0m£120.9mPendle
Housing Benefittotal, 2024-25£12.5m£12.6m£11.9m£16.8m£16.9m£16.0mPendle
Employment and Support Allowancetotal, 2024-25£13.4m£13.5m£12.7m£22.4m£22.5m£21.3mPendle
Jobseeker's Allowancetotal, 2024-25£0.26m£0.26m£0.25m£0.46m£0.46m£0.43mPendle
Income Supporttotal, 2024-25£0.32m£0.32m£0.30m£0.48m£0.48m£0.45mPendle
Other benefitstotal, 2024-25£0.78m£0.78m£0.74m£0.97m£0.98m£0.92mPendle
State Pensiontotal, March 202614,45417,321Pendle
Pension Credittotal, March 20261,8672,427Pendle
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal, March 20262,3203,073Pendle
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal, July 20265,3118,059Pendle
Universal Credittotal, May 202610,96916,957Pendle
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal, March 20261,2002,660Pendle

Sources

Each area's page lists the limits of its figures and where each one comes from.

  1. 1Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by local authority, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  2. 2Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  3. 3Department for Work and Pensions. Stat-Xplore benefit caseloads and awards. Published 6 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  4. 4Social Security Scotland. Adult Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026. Published 14 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  5. 5Social Security Scotland. Child Disability Payment statistics to 30 June 2026. Published 17 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  6. 6Social Security Scotland. Pension Age Disability Payment statistics to 31 July 2026. Published 14 September 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  7. 7Social Security Scotland. Carer Support Payment statistics to 30 June 2026. Published 10 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  8. 8Social Security Scotland. Winter heating benefits statistics for winter 2025/26. Published 18 May 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  9. 9Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by local authority (Nomis NM_2002_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  10. 10Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by 2024 parliamentary constituency (Nomis NM_2014_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
  11. 11National Records of Scotland. Population estimates for other geographies, mid-2011 to mid-2024. Published 31 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.