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Clacton has the highest total number of people on pension age disability benefits in March 2026.

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, in each month with published figures. Help for people over State Pension age whose disability means they need care. In Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment replaces Attendance Allowance.

Total, low to high

Under 1,952
1,952 to 2,451
2,451 to 2,951
2,951 to 3,450
3,450 to 3,950
3,950 and over

Estimated value

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, total, March 2026, by constituency. Boundaries are simplified. London is also shown larger, in a separate box. Northern Ireland is not covered. Every value is in the table below.

More ways to look at itHow ranks change, why spending changed, and spending compared with the expected level

Total or per person

Does the order change when you count per person?

Each line is one of the 632 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest total are drawn in dark lines.

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment: yearly spending at the rate in February 2023 and in March 2026. The chart splits the change into three parts: the number of people in the age group, the share of them claiming, and the average payment. Cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

What changed: Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment
February 2023	£5.6bn
Population	+£120.8m
Share claiming	+£1.6bn
Payment size	+£1.3bn
March 2026	£8.6bn

The share claiming is the number of people claiming per person aged 66 and over. Yearly spending here is the number claiming, times the average weekly payment, times 52. It is not the amount paid out over the year. Population after mid-2024 stays at the mid-2024 figure, so later growth shows in the share claiming. Scottish areas are left out because Social Security Scotland pays this benefit.

Compared with similar areas

Is spending higher or lower than expected?

Spending on pensioner benefits per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25. We compare it with the level we would expect from each area's share of children and of people aged 66 and over, how deprived it is compared with the rest of its nation, and the typical pay of people who live there. Cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Expected level = £15,304 − £852 × share aged 0 to 15 − £3,208 × share aged 66 and over − £44 × deprivation decile − £206 × ln(median pay) + £186 × Wales + £65 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 625 constituencies. R² = 0.39. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, March 2026. Rank is for total, and 1 is the highest. Areas with fewer than 1,000 people in the age group have no rank. The first 50 of 632 rows are shown.

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment for every constituency, March 2026
Rank					Notes
1	Clacton	6,562	63.7	210.5
2	Clwyd North	4,988	49.2	204.6
3	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	4,869	49.8	194.7
4	Boston and Skegness	4,828	41.0	172.9
5	Hartlepool	4,800	48.9	262.0
6	Louth and Horncastle	4,796	48.7	162.2
7	Llanelli	4,585	48.0	220.7
8	Dumfries and Galloway	4,572	47.5	180.9	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
9	Neath and Swansea East	4,511	44.2	229.8
10	Gower	4,493	45.4	189.9
11	Herne Bay and Sandwich	4,489	43.8	165.4
12	North Ayrshire and Arran	4,460	49.0	200.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
13	Sefton Central	4,450	47.7	178.4
14	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	4,449	46.0	226.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
15	Fylde	4,394	43.3	157.3
16	Christchurch	4,373	49.5	146.3
17	Torbay	4,371	41.7	166.6
18	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	4,357	42.3	170.9
19	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	4,355	39.9	150.4
20	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	4,340	48.1	195.2	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
21	Caerfyrddin	4,319	45.3	176.9
22	Bridlington and The Wolds	4,282	44.9	154.0
23	Castle Point	4,280	46.2	188.9
23	Scarborough and Whitby	4,280	43.3	168.0
25	Central Ayrshire	4,267	47.6	202.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
26	Houghton and Sunderland South	4,220	39.8	200.5
27	South Holland and The Deepings	4,202	36.8	159.2
28	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	4,196	46.6	214.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
29	North East Cambridgeshire	4,196	40.0	180.7
30	Clwyd East	4,191	43.2	173.6
31	Blyth and Ashington	4,190	39.5	197.1
32	Morecambe and Lunesdale	4,178	41.9	163.6
33	Folkestone and Hythe	4,174	44.5	182.7
34	Harwich and North Essex	4,163	40.7	172.6
35	North West Norfolk	4,153	40.2	155.8
36	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	4,139	43.1	173.9
37	North Norfolk	4,138	47.6	140.1
38	Whitehaven and Workington	4,121	43.5	198.7
39	Newport West and Islwyn	4,092	39.7	209.2
40	East Thanet	4,091	38.5	183.9
41	Mid Dunbartonshire	4,090	42.5	176.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
42	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	4,087	44.2	164.3
43	Bexhill and Battle	4,084	44.3	144.3
44	Aberafan Maesteg	4,074	43.9	220.5
45	Southport	4,064	40.7	163.3
46	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	4,054	41.5	230.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
47	Bassetlaw	4,050	36.6	178.9
48	Worthing West	4,018	39.1	150.7
49	Bridgend	4,004	41.3	197.9
50	Coatbridge and Bellshill	4,000	41.9	249.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are total unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Scotland, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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