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Glasgow North has the highest spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment per person aged 66 and over in 2024-25.

Help for people over State Pension age whose disability means they need care. In Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment replaces Attendance Allowance. Shown in 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, by constituency

Per person aged 66 and over, low to high

  1. Under £623
  2. £623 to £726
  3. £726 to £828
  4. £828 to £931
  5. £931 to £1,033
  6. £1,033 and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, by constituency. 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 per person aged 66 and over are drawn in dark lines.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 66 and over1632Glasgow North 1Bethnal Green and Stepney 2Birmingham Ladywood 3Hartlepool 4Glasgow North East 5Glasgow East 6Coatbridge and Bellshill 7Airdrie and Shotts 8Manchester Rusholme 9Glasgow South West 10

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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

£6.4bnFebruary 2023+£130.3mPopulation+£1.7bnShare claiming+£523.4mPayment size£8.8bnMarch 2026
What changed: Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment
February 2023£6.4bn
Population+£130.3m
Share claiming+£1.7bn
Payment size+£523.4m
March 2026£8.8bn
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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

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This chart needs JavaScript. Each area's expected level is on its area page.
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

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, 2024-25. Rank is for per person aged 66 and over, 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.

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Glasgow North£18.2m£158£1,534Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
2Bethnal Green and Stepney£10.5m£78£1,345
3Birmingham Ladywood£11.6m£70£1,335
4Hartlepool£24.0m£244£1,310
5Glasgow North East£17.9m£155£1,258Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
6Glasgow East£16.6m£158£1,247Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
7Coatbridge and Bellshill£19.3m£202£1,202Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
8Airdrie and Shotts£18.9m£201£1,194Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
9Manchester Rusholme£7.3m£60£1,186
10Glasgow South West£16.1m£158£1,185Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
11Liverpool Riverside£14.0m£106£1,179
12Neath and Swansea East£22.9m£225£1,168
13Glasgow West£16.5m£162£1,163Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
14Swansea West£20.0m£177£1,119
15Glasgow South£15.3m£164£1,109Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
16Llanelli£23.0m£241£1,107
17Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke£19.3m£197£1,097Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
18Liverpool Walton£17.4m£170£1,093
19Aberafan Maesteg£20.1m£217£1,089
20Smethwick£15.7m£131£1,081
21Birmingham Perry Barr£13.8m£110£1,070
22Newport East£18.5m£158£1,068
23Whitehaven and Workington£21.9m£231£1,055
24Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch£18.4m£199£1,053Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
25Bradford East£13.0m£105£1,048
26Knowsley£16.3m£165£1,038
27Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£19.0m£199£1,034
28Clwyd North£25.1m£247£1,029
29Liverpool West Derby£17.3m£171£1,028
30West Dunbartonshire£18.3m£200£1,027Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
31Bradford West£12.8m£100£1,027
32Newport West and Islwyn£20.0m£194£1,022
33Stratford and Bow£9.0m£65£1,022
34St Helens South and Whiston£18.4m£187£1,007
35Clacton£31.4m£304£1,006
36Na h-Eileanan an Iar£6.7m£260£1,006Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
37Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£14.6m£117£1,002
38Cardiff South and Penarth£13.6m£120£1,000
39Rhondda and Ogmore£19.1m£189£1,000
40Birmingham Yardley£13.5m£115£997
41Caerphilly£18.7m£193£993
42Dundee Central£16.6m£157£989Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
43Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£17.7m£126£989
44Bootle£17.0m£163£988
45Torfaen£18.5m£196£983
46Bridgend£19.9m£205£983
47Sunderland Central£18.9m£180£983
48Poplar and Limehouse£6.8m£46£979
49Tipton and Wednesbury£16.4m£140£978
50Jarrow and Gateshead East£17.8m£184£977

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per person aged 66 and over 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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