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Clacton has the highest total spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment in 2023-24.

Help for people over State Pension age whose disability means they need care. In Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment replaces Attendance Allowance. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total, 2023-24, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under £8.5m
  2. £8.5m to £10.7m
  3. £10.7m to £12.9m
  4. £12.9m to £15.0m
  5. £15.0m to £17.2m
  6. £17.2m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, total, 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 total are drawn in dark lines.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 66 and over1632Hartlepool 6Neath and Swansea East 13Llanelli 18Clwyd North 27Clacton 45Gower 48Blackpool North and Fleetwood 70Torbay 168Boston and Skegness 188Louth and Horncastle 220

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, 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.

£6.4bnFebruary 2023+£130.5mPopulation+£1.7bnShare claiming+£446.5mPayment size£8.7bnMarch 2026
What changed: Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment
February 2023£6.4bn
Population+£130.5m
Share claiming+£1.7bn
Payment size+£446.5m
March 2026£8.7bn
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.

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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

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, 2023-24. Rank is for total, 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 Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Clacton£27.7m£272£899
2Clwyd North£22.8m£226£945
3Blackpool North and Fleetwood£21.2m£219£862
4Louth and Horncastle£20.9m£212£722
5Gower£20.8m£211£895
6Boston and Skegness£20.5m£174£746
7Neath and Swansea East£20.4m£202£1,054
8Llanelli£20.3m£213£992
9Hartlepool£20.0m£209£1,117
10Torbay£19.9m£190£765
11Whitehaven and Workington£19.8m£210£976
12Dwyfor Meirionnydd£19.7m£206£842
13Morecambe and Lunesdale£19.4m£196£769
14Folkestone and Hythe£19.4m£209£862
15Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£19.2m£177£674
16Sefton Central£19.1m£206£773
17Fylde£19.1m£191£699
18Caerfyrddin£19.0m£200£793
19North West Norfolk£18.7m£180£707
20Scarborough and Whitby£18.7m£190£749
21Clwyd East£18.6m£192£783
22Herne Bay and Sandwich£18.6m£184£698
23Mid and South Pembrokeshire£18.5m£181£738
24Christchurch£18.4m£209£621
25Castle Point£18.4m£199£820
26Newport West and Islwyn£18.3m£178£946
27Swansea West£18.2m£164£1,031
28Dumfries and Galloway£18.2m£189£731Shared out, Estimated
29Bexhill and Battle£18.1m£198£643
30Aberafan Maesteg£18.0m£195£989
31Houghton and Sunderland South£17.9m£172£872
32Harwich and North Essex£17.9m£177£756
33Ceredigion Preseli£17.9m£188£732
34Bridgend£17.7m£184£892
35Southport£17.6m£178£728
36Blyth and Ashington£17.6m£170£844
37West Worcestershire£17.6m£174£639
38St Helens North£17.5m£171£874
39South Holland and The Deepings£17.4m£154£672
40Bangor Aberconwy£17.3m£184£819
41Wirral West£17.3m£195£712
42East Thanet£17.3m£165£786
43Wallasey£17.3m£178£883
44Eastbourne£17.3m£166£709
45North Durham£17.3m£179£841
46Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe£17.2m£187£703
47Bassetlaw£17.2m£158£776
48Newport East£17.1m£149£999
49Chichester£17.1m£159£620
50Coatbridge and Bellshill£17.1m£180£1,095Shared out, Estimated

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are total 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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