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Enfield North has the highest spending on working-age benefits per person aged 16 to 64 in 2024-25.
Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support and Carer's Allowance, with Carer Support Payment in Scotland. Disability benefits are paid at all ages, so they are shown separately. Shown in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.
Selected Wyre Forest: £1,986 per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, 284th of 632 constituencies.
Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high
- Under £1,376
- £1,376 to £1,761
- £1,761 to £2,147
- £2,147 to £2,532
- £2,532 to £2,918
- £2,918 and over
- Estimated value
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 per person aged 16 to 64 are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.
What changed
More people, more claims or bigger payments?
Wyre Forest, Carer's Allowance and Carer Support 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.
| February 2023 | £6.0m |
|---|---|
| Population | +£0.06m |
| Share claiming | +£1.1m |
| Payment size | +£1.3m |
| March 2026 | £8.4m |
Compared with similar areas
Is spending higher or lower than expected?
Spending on working-age benefits per person aged 16 to 64, 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.
Every constituency
Spending on working-age benefits, 2024-25. Rank is for per person aged 16 to 64, 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.
| Rank | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enfield North | £348.5m | £2,733 | £4,264 | |
| 2 | Edmonton and Winchmore Hill | £339.2m | £2,711 | £4,254 | |
| 3 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | £330.0m | £2,811 | £4,083 | |
| 4 | Brent East | £378.8m | £2,762 | £4,062 | |
| 5 | Tottenham | £393.1m | £2,839 | £3,978 | |
| 6 | Liverpool Walton | £237.5m | £2,319 | £3,673 | |
| 7 | Blackpool South | £258.7m | £2,297 | £3,671 | |
| 8 | Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North | £282.9m | £2,255 | £3,618 | |
| 9 | Blackley and Middleton South | £255.2m | £2,212 | £3,549 | |
| 10 | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | £258.5m | £2,241 | £3,523 | |
| 11 | Birmingham Erdington | £274.1m | £2,173 | £3,402 | |
| 12 | Bootle | £220.8m | £2,117 | £3,348 | |
| 13 | Queen's Park and Maida Vale | £296.0m | £2,374 | £3,304 | |
| 14 | Nottingham North and Kimberley | £225.6m | £2,053 | £3,303 | |
| 15 | Birmingham Northfield | £221.2m | £2,023 | £3,296 | |
| 16 | East Thanet | £206.9m | £1,948 | £3,285 | |
| 17 | Birkenhead | £224.4m | £2,044 | £3,262 | |
| 18 | Bradford East | £257.4m | £2,077 | £3,257 | |
| 19 | Knowsley | £202.6m | £2,046 | £3,255 | |
| 20 | Easington | £191.8m | £1,994 | £3,246 | |
| 21 | Walsall and Bloxwich | £256.1m | £2,048 | £3,245 | |
| 22 | Birmingham Yardley | £240.3m | £2,039 | £3,221 | |
| 23 | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East | £251.1m | £2,072 | £3,210 | |
| 24 | Gorton and Denton | £244.2m | £2,051 | £3,204 | |
| 25 | Lewisham East | £255.2m | £2,165 | £3,176 | |
| 26 | Aberafan Maesteg | £178.8m | £1,925 | £3,173 | |
| 27 | Birmingham Perry Barr | £260.3m | £2,078 | £3,168 | |
| 28 | Bradford West | £261.5m | £2,058 | £3,168 | |
| 29 | Liverpool West Derby | £201.2m | £1,989 | £3,161 | |
| 30 | Bradford South | £220.4m | £1,964 | £3,160 | |
| 31 | Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes | £208.4m | £1,924 | £3,160 | |
| 32 | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney | £186.5m | £1,950 | £3,158 | |
| 33 | Hartlepool | £188.6m | £1,921 | £3,143 | |
| 34 | Bolton South and Walkden | £256.6m | £1,967 | £3,131 | |
| 35 | Kingston upon Hull East | £200.1m | £1,918 | £3,118 | |
| 36 | Glasgow North East | £254.7m | £2,213 | £3,116 | Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits |
| 37 | Wolverhampton South East | £249.2m | £1,941 | £3,094 | |
| 38 | Barking | £293.4m | £2,059 | £3,071 | |
| 39 | Leeds South | £274.8m | £2,079 | £3,066 | |
| 40 | Clacton | £166.7m | £1,618 | £3,046 | |
| 41 | Croydon West | £276.5m | £2,095 | £3,012 | |
| 42 | Southgate and Wood Green | £257.9m | £2,020 | £3,004 | |
| 43 | Glenrothes and Mid Fife | £170.7m | £1,831 | £2,996 | Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits |
| 44 | East Ham | £280.1m | £2,053 | £2,981 | |
| 45 | Blackburn | £222.1m | £1,867 | £2,967 | |
| 46 | Derby South | £240.1m | £1,914 | £2,957 | |
| 47 | Rotherham | £211.6m | £1,843 | £2,931 | |
| 48 | Wythenshawe and Sale East | £208.1m | £1,822 | £2,930 | |
| 49 | Coventry East | £233.7m | £1,865 | £2,930 | |
| 50 | Tipton and Wednesbury | £214.6m | £1,827 | £2,923 |
Values are per person aged 16 to 64 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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