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Clacton has the most people on pension age disability benefits per 1,000 residents in March 2026.

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, in each month with published figures. Help for people over State Pension age whose disability means they need care. In Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment replaces Attendance Allowance.

Per 1,000 residents, low to high

Under 18.1
18.1 to 23.8
23.8 to 29.6
29.6 to 35.4
35.4 to 41.2
41.2 and over

Estimated value

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, per 1,000 residents, March 2026, 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 1,000 residents are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Washington and Gateshead South, 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.

What changed: Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment
February 2023	£13.5m
Population	+£0.39m
Share claiming	+£4.7m
Payment size	+£0.97m
March 2026	£19.6m

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.

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

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment, March 2026. Rank is for per 1,000 residents, 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.

People receiving Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment for every constituency, March 2026
Rank					Notes
1	Clacton	6,562	63.7	210.5
2	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	4,869	49.8	194.7
3	Christchurch	4,373	49.5	146.3
4	Clwyd North	4,988	49.2	204.6
5	North Ayrshire and Arran	4,460	49.0	200.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
6	Hartlepool	4,800	48.9	262.0
7	Louth and Horncastle	4,796	48.7	162.2
8	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	4,340	48.1	195.2	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
9	Llanelli	4,585	48.0	220.7
10	Sefton Central	4,450	47.7	178.4
11	Central Ayrshire	4,267	47.6	202.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
12	North Norfolk	4,138	47.6	140.1
13	Dumfries and Galloway	4,572	47.5	180.9	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
14	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	1,210	46.7	180.5	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
15	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	4,196	46.6	214.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
16	Castle Point	4,280	46.2	188.9
17	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	4,449	46.0	226.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
18	Ynys Môn	3,177	46.0	177.6
19	Gower	4,493	45.4	189.9
20	Caerfyrddin	4,319	45.3	176.9
21	Bridlington and The Wolds	4,282	44.9	154.0
22	Isle of Wight East	3,102	44.7	146.0
23	Folkestone and Hythe	4,174	44.5	182.7
24	Bexhill and Battle	4,084	44.3	144.3
25	Neath and Swansea East	4,511	44.2	229.8
26	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	4,087	44.2	164.3
27	Aberafan Maesteg	4,074	43.9	220.5
28	Herne Bay and Sandwich	4,489	43.8	165.4
29	Whitehaven and Workington	4,121	43.5	198.7
30	Fylde	4,394	43.3	157.3
31	Scarborough and Whitby	4,280	43.3	168.0
32	Clwyd East	4,191	43.2	173.6
33	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	3,788	43.1	169.2	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
34	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	4,139	43.1	173.9
35	Wirral West	3,826	43.0	155.7
36	Mid Dunbartonshire	4,090	42.5	176.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
37	South Shields	3,839	42.5	199.8
38	New Forest West	3,606	42.4	128.6
39	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	4,357	42.3	170.9
40	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	3,962	42.2	161.3	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
41	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	3,883	42.0	221.7	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
42	Morecambe and Lunesdale	4,178	41.9	163.6
43	Coatbridge and Bellshill	4,000	41.9	249.4	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
44	Brigg and Immingham	3,886	41.7	170.1
45	Torbay	4,371	41.7	166.6
46	Airdrie and Shotts	3,921	41.7	247.9	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
47	North Northumberland	3,902	41.6	142.8
48	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	4,054	41.5	230.8	Shared out, Includes Scottish benefits
49	Redcar	3,960	41.4	189.3
50	Bridgend	4,004	41.3	197.9

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per 1,000 residents 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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