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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the highest spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment per person aged 16 to 64 in 2023-24.

Money for people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. In Scotland, Carer Support Payment replaces Carer's Allowance. Shown in 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64, 2023-24, by constituency

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

  1. Under £74
  2. £74 to £101
  3. £101 to £127
  4. £127 to £153
  5. £153 to £180
  6. £180 and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64, 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 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.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 1Bradford West 2Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 3Easington 4Bradford East 5Aberafan Maesteg 6Walsall and Bloxwich 7Rotherham 8Liverpool Walton 9Hartlepool 10

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, 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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

£3.5bnFebruary 2023+£45.2mPopulation+£574.4mShare claiming+£257.4mPayment size£4.4bnMarch 2026
What changed: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023£3.5bn
Population+£45.2m
Share claiming+£574.4m
Payment size+£257.4m
March 2026£4.4bn
The share claiming is the number of people claiming per person aged 16 to 64. 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 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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

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Expected level = −£2,631 + £5,734 × share aged 0 to 15 + £551 × share aged 66 and over − £201 × deprivation decile + £429 × ln(median pay) + £353 × Wales + £111 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 626 constituencies. R² = 0.85. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, 2023-24. 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.

Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£19.3m£170£269
2Bradford West£20.4m£163£252
3Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£18.9m£152£246
4Easington£13.9m£146£236
5Bradford East£18.3m£149£235
6Aberafan Maesteg£13.0m£141£233
7Walsall and Bloxwich£17.0m£140£223
8Rotherham£15.6m£139£221
9Liverpool Walton£14.2m£138£217
10Hartlepool£12.7m£133£217
11Knowsley£12.9m£133£211
12Clacton£11.3m£111£210
13Houghton and Sunderland South£13.1m£126£206
14Tipton and Wednesbury£15.0m£129£206
15Birmingham Yardley£14.9m£128£203
16Bradford South£14.1m£126£203
17Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£15.4m£129£201
18Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£11.8m£124£201
19Barnsley South£13.4m£125£201
20Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£12.2m£122£199
21Wolverhampton South East£15.6m£124£198
22Washington and Gateshead South£11.5m£120£198
23Blyth and Ashington£12.5m£120£198
24Rhondda and Ogmore£12.3m£122£197
25Derby South£15.3m£125£193
26Stockton North£12.4m£120£193
27Blackpool South£13.4m£120£192
28Birkenhead£12.9m£120£192
29Redcar£10.6m£112£190
30Clwyd North£10.9m£108£189
31Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£12.5m£115£189
32Birmingham Northfield£12.6m£116£189
33Bootle£12.3m£119£188
34Liverpool West Derby£11.8m£119£188
35Jarrow and Gateshead East£11.0m£115£187
36South Shields£10.1m£112£186
37Blackburn£13.5m£116£185
38Kingston upon Hull East£11.8m£114£185
39Sheffield South East£12.2m£115£184
40Great Yarmouth£10.7m£107£184
41Bishop Auckland£10.2m£108£184
42Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley£14.1m£118£183
43East Thanet£11.3m£108£182
44Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor£10.7m£110£181
45Dudley£11.5m£111£181
46Nottingham North and Kimberley£12.1m£111£180
47Bolton South and Walkden£14.4m£112£179
48Rawmarsh and Conisbrough£10.5m£110£178
49Wallasey£10.5m£108£178
50Birmingham Erdington£14.2m£114£178

League table of every constituency for the latest period

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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