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Liverpool Walton has the highest total spending on Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment in 2024-25.

Disability Living Allowance for children, and for adults who claimed it before Personal Independence Payment began. In Scotland, Child Disability Payment replaces it for children. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, total, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Birmingham Northfield: £22.9m total, 2024-25, 28th of 632 constituencies.

Total, low to high

  1. Under £10.5m
  2. £10.5m to £13.2m
  3. £13.2m to £15.9m
  4. £15.9m to £18.6m
  5. £18.6m to £21.3m
  6. £21.3m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, total, 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

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, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer resident1632Liverpool Walton 1Birkenhead 4Clacton 5Bootle 8Liverpool West Derby 9Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 18Glasgow North 21Glasgow North East 25Sittingbourne and Sheppey 34Birmingham Northfield 40Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 59

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Birmingham Northfield, Disability Living Allowance and Child 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.

£18.6mFebruary 2023+£0.18mPopulation+£4.2mShare claiming+£1.6mPayment size£24.7mMarch 2026
What changed: Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment
February 2023£18.6m
Population+£0.18m
Share claiming+£4.2m
Payment size+£1.6m
March 2026£24.7m
The share claiming is the number of people claiming per resident. 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?

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.

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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

Spending on Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment, 2024-25. 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 Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Payment for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Liverpool Walton£30.1m£294
2Birkenhead£27.6m£251
3Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£26.4m£229
4Glasgow North£26.1m£226Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
5Clacton£25.8m£250
6Bootle£25.7m£246
7Glasgow North East£25.6m£222Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
8Sittingbourne and Sheppey£25.2m£216
9Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£25.0m£199
10Liverpool West Derby£24.9m£246
11Knowsley£24.5m£247
12Wallasey£24.4m£248
13Aberafan Maesteg£24.1m£259
14Rhondda and Ogmore£24.1m£238
15Kingston upon Hull East£23.8m£228
16Glasgow East£23.8m£226Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
17Bolton South and Walkden£23.8m£182
18Glasgow West£23.7m£232Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
19Barnsley South£23.6m£219
20Blackpool South£23.6m£209
21Wythenshawe and Sale East£23.5m£206
22Blackley and Middleton South£23.4m£202
23Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£23.1m£230
24West Dunbartonshire£23.1m£252Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
25Rotherham£23.1m£201
26Sheffield Heeley£23.0m£207
27Glasgow South West£23.0m£226Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
28Birmingham Northfield£22.9m£209
29Easington£22.8m£237
30Normanton and Hemsworth£22.8m£213
31Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke£22.4m£229Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
32East Thanet£22.3m£210
33Birmingham Erdington£22.2m£176
34Liverpool Riverside£22.1m£168
35Plymouth Moor View£22.1m£217
36Houghton and Sunderland South£22.0m£207
37Coatbridge and Bellshill£22.0m£230Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38Glasgow South£21.8m£235Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
39Barnsley North£21.8m£203
40Hamilton and Clyde Valley£21.7m£221Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
41Airdrie and Shotts£21.6m£229Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
42Liverpool Garston£21.5m£227
43Livingston£21.4m£201Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
44East Kilbride and Strathaven£21.3m£217Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
45Sheffield South East£21.3m£199
46Burnley£21.2m£185
47Blackburn£21.2m£178
48Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£21.2m£222
49Blyth and Ashington£21.2m£200
50Nottingham North and Kimberley£21.0m£191

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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