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Clacton has the highest benefit spending per resident in 2023-24.

All the benefits on this site: pensioner, disability, carer, working-age and housing benefits paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). In Scotland, it includes the Social Security Scotland benefits that replace some of them. Shown in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Benefit spending, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency

Selected Lowestoft: £4,977 per resident, 2023-24, 26th of 631 constituencies.

Per resident, low to high

  1. Under £3,107
  2. £3,107 to £3,498
  3. £3,498 to £3,888
  4. £3,888 to £4,279
  5. £4,279 to £4,670
  6. £4,670 and over
  • Estimated value
Benefit spending, per resident, 2023-24, 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 631 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest per resident are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer resident1631Clacton 1Aberafan Maesteg 2Isle of Wight East 3Clwyd North 4Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 5North Ayrshire and Arran 6Blackpool South 7Liverpool Walton 8Easington 9North Norfolk 10Lowestoft 26

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Lowestoft, 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.

Benefit
£216.6mFebruary 2023+£3.4mPopulation+£4.8mShare claiming+£58.6mPayment size£283.4mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£216.6m
Population+£3.4m
Share claiming+£4.8m
Payment size+£58.6m
March 2026£283.4m
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.

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This chart needs JavaScript. Each area's expected level is on its area page.
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, 2023-24. 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 for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Clacton£602.6m£5,925
2Aberafan Maesteg£500.9m£5,431
3Isle of Wight East£373.2m£5,378
4Clwyd North£537.7m£5,340
5Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£508.5m£5,336
6North Ayrshire and Arran£480.9m£5,295Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
7Blackpool South£585.9m£5,255
8Liverpool Walton£534.8m£5,216
9Easington£494.0m£5,180
10North Norfolk£447.3m£5,138
11Louth and Horncastle£504.5m£5,121
12East Thanet£535.2m£5,095
13Birkenhead£548.1m£5,079
14Christchurch£444.8m£5,049
15Hartlepool£483.5m£5,039
16West Dunbartonshire£461.8m£5,037Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
17Bootle£517.8m£5,025
18Blackpool North and Fleetwood£486.4m£5,017
19Torbay£523.7m£5,012
20Great Yarmouth£501.0m£4,999
21Bexhill and Battle£456.4m£4,997
22Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock£450.2m£4,996Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
23Rhondda and Ogmore£502.9m£4,987
24Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£498.7m£4,983
25South Shields£447.0m£4,980
26Lowestoft£473.3m£4,977
27Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West£447.3m£4,972Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28Knowsley£482.4m£4,964
29Dumfries and Galloway£477.3m£4,961Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
30Wallasey£480.9m£4,938
31Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£617.6m£4,929
32Redcar£464.7m£4,908
33Liverpool West Derby£489.8m£4,904
34Bridlington and The Wolds£461.3m£4,893
35Bishop Auckland£456.5m£4,870
36Brent East£659.6m£4,861
37Glenrothes and Mid Fife£451.4m£4,856Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38Hastings and Rye£510.1m£4,853
39Llanelli£461.8m£4,849
40Boston and Skegness£569.3m£4,842
41Queen's Park and Maida Vale£599.6m£4,833
42New Forest West£409.0m£4,832
43Folkestone and Hythe£448.2m£4,819
44Torfaen£449.5m£4,806
45Eastbourne£498.3m£4,798
46Central Ayrshire£428.6m£4,785Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47Washington and Gateshead South£457.4m£4,782
48Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£515.1m£4,777
49Houghton and Sunderland South£497.2m£4,774
50South Dorset£471.3m£4,760

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.

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