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

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

Per resident, low to high

  1. Under £3,367
  2. £3,367 to £3,791
  3. £3,791 to £4,214
  4. £4,214 to £4,637
  5. £4,637 to £5,061
  6. £5,061 and over
  • Estimated value
Benefit spending, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency. Equal-size areas: every constituency is one hexagon of the same size, so small city seats show as clearly as large rural ones. Hexagon layout by Open Innovations. 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.

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 10

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, 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.

Benefit
£119.8bnFebruary 2023+£2.3bnPopulation+£5.4bnShare claiming+£16.3bnPayment size£143.9bnMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£119.8bn
Population+£2.3bn
Share claiming+£5.4bn
Payment size+£16.3bn
March 2026£143.9bn
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.

Chart step
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£653.1m£6,421
2Aberafan Maesteg£542.9m£5,886
3Isle of Wight East£404.5m£5,828
4Clwyd North£582.7m£5,787
5Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£551.0m£5,782
6North Ayrshire and Arran£521.1m£5,738Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
7Blackpool South£634.9m£5,695
8Liverpool Walton£579.6m£5,652
9Easington£535.3m£5,614
10North Norfolk£484.7m£5,568
11Louth and Horncastle£546.8m£5,550
12East Thanet£580.0m£5,521
13Birkenhead£594.0m£5,505
14Christchurch£482.0m£5,472
15Hartlepool£524.0m£5,461
16West Dunbartonshire£500.5m£5,459Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
17Bootle£561.1m£5,446
18Blackpool North and Fleetwood£527.1m£5,437
19Torbay£567.6m£5,431
20Great Yarmouth£542.9m£5,418
21Bexhill and Battle£494.7m£5,415
22Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock£487.9m£5,415Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
23Rhondda and Ogmore£545.0m£5,404
24Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£540.5m£5,400
25South Shields£484.5m£5,397
26Lowestoft£513.0m£5,394
27Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West£484.7m£5,389Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28Knowsley£522.8m£5,379
29Dumfries and Galloway£517.2m£5,377Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
30Wallasey£521.1m£5,351
31Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£669.3m£5,341
32Redcar£503.6m£5,319
33Liverpool West Derby£530.8m£5,315
34Bridlington and The Wolds£499.9m£5,303
35Bishop Auckland£494.8m£5,278
36Brent East£714.8m£5,268
37Glenrothes and Mid Fife£489.2m£5,263Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38Hastings and Rye£552.9m£5,260
39Llanelli£500.5m£5,255
40Boston and Skegness£617.0m£5,247
41Queen's Park and Maida Vale£649.8m£5,238
42New Forest West£443.3m£5,236
43Folkestone and Hythe£485.8m£5,223
44Torfaen£487.1m£5,209
45Eastbourne£540.0m£5,199
46Central Ayrshire£464.5m£5,185Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47Washington and Gateshead South£495.7m£5,182
48Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£558.3m£5,177
49Houghton and Sunderland South£538.9m£5,174
50South Dorset£510.8m£5,159

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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