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Tottenham has the highest spending on working-age benefits per resident in 2023-24.

Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support and Carer's Allowance, with Carer Support Payment in Scotland. Disability benefits are paid at all ages, so they are shown separately. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on working-age benefits, per resident, 2023-24, by constituency

Per resident, low to high

  1. Under £780
  2. £780 to £1,019
  3. £1,019 to £1,259
  4. £1,259 to £1,498
  5. £1,498 to £1,737
  6. £1,737 and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on working-age benefits, per resident, 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

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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 resident are drawn in dark lines.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Edmonton and Winchmore Hill 1Enfield North 2Brent East 3Blackpool South 4Tottenham 5Liverpool Walton 7Hackney North and Stoke Newington 11Queen's Park and Maida Vale 20Croydon West 24Glasgow North East 28

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.

Benefit
£3.6bnFebruary 2023+£45.3mPopulation+£575.3mShare claiming+£217.0mPayment size£4.4bnMarch 2026
What changed: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023£3.6bn
Population+£45.3m
Share claiming+£575.3m
Payment size+£217.0m
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.

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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 working-age benefits, 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.

Spending on working-age benefits for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Tottenham£340.6m£2,464£3,443
2Brent East£326.5m£2,406£3,538
3Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£292.7m£2,336£3,658
4Enfield North£294.6m£2,305£3,595
5Blackpool South£242.4m£2,174£3,471
6Hackney North and Stoke Newington£253.2m£2,148£3,100
7Queen's Park and Maida Vale£265.5m£2,140£2,969
8Glasgow North East£232.9m£2,057£2,898Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
9Liverpool Walton£209.8m£2,046£3,218
10Croydon West£262.5m£2,042£2,943
11Blackley and Middleton South£230.1m£2,012£3,224
12Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£237.7m£1,994£3,096
13Bethnal Green and Stepney£265.2m£1,987£2,595
14Bootle£202.9m£1,969£3,105
15Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£223.5m£1,966£3,104
16Lewisham East£229.6m£1,962£2,882
17Birmingham Erdington£241.3m£1,936£3,020
18Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£240.0m£1,931£3,113
19Leeds South£248.7m£1,929£2,853
20Barking£263.2m£1,902£2,846
21Birkenhead£203.7m£1,887£3,022
22Knowsley£183.3m£1,887£2,993
23Gorton and Denton£221.3m£1,886£2,950
24Glasgow East£193.9m£1,879£2,677Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
25Birmingham Ladywood£303.2m£1,872£2,580
26Liverpool Riverside£236.3m£1,854£2,421
27Hartlepool£177.3m£1,848£3,020
28Easington£176.0m£1,845£2,992
29Nottingham North and Kimberley£200.5m£1,838£2,967
30Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£197.6m£1,833£3,000
31Walsall and Bloxwich£222.8m£1,828£2,920
32Birmingham Perry Barr£228.1m£1,827£2,789
33Hackney South and Shoreditch£211.9m£1,823£2,358
34East Ham£247.9m£1,823£2,652
35Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£172.9m£1,815£2,934
36Bolton South and Walkden£232.6m£1,812£2,892
37Liverpool West Derby£180.8m£1,810£2,864
38East Thanet£189.7m£1,806£3,056
39Southgate and Wood Green£230.2m£1,805£2,671
40Birmingham Northfield£195.7m£1,804£2,936
41Peckham£200.3m£1,803£2,407
42Wolverhampton South East£225.8m£1,797£2,871
43Islington North£198.7m£1,795£2,394
44Aberafan Maesteg£165.5m£1,795£2,964
45Bradford East£219.4m£1,790£2,813
46West Ham and Beckton£256.1m£1,778£2,426
47Kingston upon Hull East£182.8m£1,757£2,851
48Bradford West£220.1m£1,757£2,710
49Poplar and Limehouse£260.7m£1,755£2,257
50Erith and Thamesmead£240.1m£1,749£2,592

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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