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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the highest total spending on Income Support in 2024-25.

An older benefit for people on a low income. Universal Credit has mostly replaced it. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Income Support, total, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Bradford East: £1.1m total, 2024-25, 16th of 632 constituencies.

Total, low to high

  1. Under £0.29m
  2. £0.29m to £0.46m
  3. £0.46m to £0.63m
  4. £0.63m to £0.80m
  5. £0.80m to £0.97m
  6. £0.97m and over
Spending on Income Support, 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 residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 1Liverpool Walton 2Glasgow North East 3Sheffield Heeley 5Middlesbrough and Thornaby East 6Tipton and Wednesbury 7Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 10Walsall and Bloxwich 21Liverpool Riverside 33Bradford East 35Birmingham Ladywood 94

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Bradford East, 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.

Benefit
£124.2mFebruary 2023+£3.2mPopulation+£5.0mShare claiming+£15.1mPayment size£147.5mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£124.2m
Population+£3.2m
Share claiming+£5.0m
Payment size+£15.1m
March 2026£147.5m
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?

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 Income Support, 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 Income Support for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£1.7m£15£24
2Glasgow North East£1.7m£15£21
3Liverpool Walton£1.4m£14£22
4Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£1.4m£12£18
5Liverpool Riverside£1.4m£11£14
6Tipton and Wednesbury£1.3m£11£18
7Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£1.3m£10£17
8Sheffield Heeley£1.3m£12£18
9Birmingham Ladywood£1.3m£7.78£11
10Walsall and Bloxwich£1.2m£9.59£15
11Birkenhead£1.2m£11£17
12Wolverhampton South East£1.2m£9.10£15
13Bethnal Green and Stepney£1.2m£8.60£11
14Aberafan Maesteg£1.1m£12£20
15Sheffield South East£1.1m£10£17
16Bradford East£1.1m£8.76£14
17Bradford West£1.1m£8.44£13
18Bolton South and Walkden£1.1m£8.19£13
19Birmingham Erdington£1.1m£8.40£13
20Rhondda and Ogmore£1.0m£10£17
21Birmingham Northfield£1.0m£9.49£15
22Tottenham£1.0m£7.49£10
23Queen's Park and Maida Vale£1.0m£8.30£12
24Nottingham North and Kimberley£1.0m£9.28£15
25West Ham and Beckton£1.0m£6.86£9.30
26Knowsley£1.0m£10£16
27Islington South and Finsbury£1.0m£8.28£11
28Holborn and St Pancras£1.00m£8.94£12
29Kingston upon Hull East£1.00m£9.57£16
30Glasgow South West£1.00m£9.82£14
31Liverpool West Derby£1.00m£9.84£16
32Barking£0.99m£6.98£10
33Glenrothes and Mid Fife£0.99m£11£17
34Glasgow West£0.99m£9.66£14
35Glasgow East£0.98m£9.30£13
36Rotherham£0.98m£8.51£14
37Blackpool South£0.97m£8.59£14
38Islington North£0.96m£8.66£12
39Leeds South£0.95m£7.15£11
40Sunderland Central£0.94m£9.01£14
41Hackney South and Shoreditch£0.94m£8.01£10
42Bootle£0.94m£9.01£14
43Jarrow and Gateshead East£0.94m£9.70£16
44Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£0.93m£9.24£15
45Redcar£0.93m£9.70£16
46Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£0.92m£6.58£9.73
47Brent East£0.92m£6.74£9.91
48Bradford South£0.92m£8.23£13
49Lewisham East£0.92m£7.79£11
50Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£0.91m£8.36£14

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are total unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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