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Liverpool Walton is furthest above the expected level of benefit spending per resident in 2024-25.

Actual spending per resident minus the level we would expect from the area's ages, deprivation, typical pay and nation. A figure above zero is above the expected level, and a figure below zero is below it. Shown in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Below the expected level, then above it

Under −£487
−£487 to −£348
−£348 to −£209
−£209 to −£70
−£70 to £70
£70 to £209
£209 to £348
£348 to £487
£487 and over

Estimated value
No value

Benefit spending, compared with the expected level, per resident, 2024-25, 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

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Tottenham, State Pension: 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: State Pension
February 2023	£86.4m
Population	+£3.2m
Share claiming	+£11.0m
Payment size	+£23.5m
March 2026	£124.0m

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.

Compared with similar areas

Is spending higher or lower than expected?

Benefit spending per resident, 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 = −£880 + £1,417 × share aged 0 to 15 + £9,950 × share aged 66 and over − £207 × deprivation decile + £391 × ln(median pay) + £506 × Wales + £250 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 625 constituencies. R² = 0.84. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

Benefit spending, compared with the expected level, 2024-25. Rank is for per resident, 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.

Benefit spending, compared with the expected level for every constituency, 2024-25
Rank			Notes
1	Liverpool Walton	£1,218	Estimated
2	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	£1,058	Estimated
3	Tottenham	£1,042	Estimated
4	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	£1,041	Estimated
5	Brent East	£1,028	Estimated
6	Enfield North	£1,000	Estimated
7	Birkenhead	£857	Estimated
8	Blackpool South	£839	Estimated
9	Bootle	£751	Estimated
10	Birmingham Erdington	£742	Estimated
11	Knowsley	£707	Estimated
12	Hartlepool	£669	Estimated
13	Easington	£659	Estimated
14	Liverpool Garston	£592	Estimated
15	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	£587	Estimated
16	Liverpool West Derby	£585	Estimated
17	Glasgow North East	£565	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
18	Liverpool Riverside	£565	Estimated
19	Christchurch	£521	Estimated
20	Islington South and Finsbury	£511	Estimated
21	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	£507	Estimated
22	East Thanet	£490	Estimated
23	Birmingham Perry Barr	£484	Estimated
24	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	£479	Estimated
25	Sefton Central	£472	Estimated
26	Gedling	£459	Estimated
27	Glasgow West	£456	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28	Gower	£454	Estimated
29	Redcar	£450	Estimated
30	Wallasey	£448	Estimated
31	Bridgend	£447	Estimated
32	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	£445	Estimated
33	Newport West and Islwyn	£445	Estimated
34	Meriden and Solihull East	£432	Estimated
35	New Forest West	£427	Estimated
36	Clwyd East	£427	Estimated
37	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	£420	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38	Islington North	£418	Estimated
39	Hackney South and Shoreditch	£409	Estimated
40	Blackley and Middleton South	£406	Estimated
41	Vale of Glamorgan	£396	Estimated
42	North East Fife	£394	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
43	Blyth and Ashington	£384	Estimated
44	Holborn and St Pancras	£370	Estimated
45	South Shields	£369	Estimated
46	Glasgow North	£363	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47	Chester North and Neston	£361	Estimated
48	Wirral West	£359	Estimated
49	Glasgow East	£359	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
50	Widnes and Halewood	£356	Estimated

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per resident unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Scotland, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government.

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