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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 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Below the expected level, then above it

Under −£515
−£515 to −£368
−£368 to −£221
−£221 to −£74
−£74 to £74
£74 to £221
£221 to £368
£368 to £515
£515 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?

Islington South and Finsbury, 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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation.

What changed: State Pension
February 2023	£101.8m
Population	+£3.0m
Share claiming	+£8.6m
Payment size	+£13.0m
March 2026	£126.4m

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. 2026-27 prices, using CPI 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	£1,289	Estimated
2	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	£1,120	Estimated
3	Tottenham	£1,103	Estimated
4	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	£1,103	Estimated
5	Brent East	£1,089	Estimated
6	Enfield North	£1,059	Estimated
7	Birkenhead	£907	Estimated
8	Blackpool South	£889	Estimated
9	Bootle	£796	Estimated
10	Birmingham Erdington	£786	Estimated
11	Knowsley	£748	Estimated
12	Hartlepool	£708	Estimated
13	Easington	£698	Estimated
14	Liverpool Garston	£626	Estimated
15	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	£621	Estimated
16	Liverpool West Derby	£620	Estimated
17	Glasgow North East	£598	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
18	Liverpool Riverside	£598	Estimated
19	Christchurch	£552	Estimated
20	Islington South and Finsbury	£541	Estimated
21	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	£537	Estimated
22	East Thanet	£519	Estimated
23	Birmingham Perry Barr	£513	Estimated
24	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	£507	Estimated
25	Sefton Central	£500	Estimated
26	Gedling	£486	Estimated
27	Glasgow West	£482	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28	Gower	£481	Estimated
29	Redcar	£477	Estimated
30	Wallasey	£475	Estimated
31	Bridgend	£473	Estimated
32	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	£471	Estimated
33	Newport West and Islwyn	£471	Estimated
34	Meriden and Solihull East	£457	Estimated
35	New Forest West	£452	Estimated
36	Clwyd East	£452	Estimated
37	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	£445	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38	Islington North	£443	Estimated
39	Hackney South and Shoreditch	£433	Estimated
40	Blackley and Middleton South	£430	Estimated
41	Vale of Glamorgan	£420	Estimated
42	North East Fife	£418	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
43	Blyth and Ashington	£406	Estimated
44	Holborn and St Pancras	£391	Estimated
45	South Shields	£391	Estimated
46	Glasgow North	£384	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47	Chester North and Neston	£383	Estimated
48	Wirral West	£380	Estimated
49	Glasgow East	£380	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
50	Widnes and Halewood	£377	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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