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Clacton has the highest total spending on pensioner benefits in 2023-24.

State Pension, Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance and winter heating payments, with the Scottish benefits that replace them. Per person figures use people aged 66 and over, the State Pension age. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Total, low to high

Under £153.3m
£153.3m to £191.3m
£191.3m to £229.3m
£229.3m to £267.3m
£267.3m to £305.4m
£305.4m and over

Estimated value

Spending on pensioner benefits, 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

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Each line is one of the 631 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest total are drawn in dark lines.

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, 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.

What changed: State Pension
February 2023	£120.7bn
Population	+£2.3bn
Share claiming	+£5.4bn
Payment size	+£15.0bn
March 2026	£143.4bn

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 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

Spending on pensioner benefits, 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 pensioner benefits for every constituency, 2023-24
Rank					Notes
1	Clacton	£398.1m	£3,915	£12,930
2	Christchurch	£369.8m	£4,198	£12,453
3	Louth and Horncastle	£364.2m	£3,697	£12,592
4	West Dorset	£362.6m	£3,801	£12,135
5	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	£357.2m	£3,297	£12,541
6	North Norfolk	£356.0m	£4,089	£12,265
7	Bexhill and Battle	£351.2m	£3,845	£12,507
8	Boston and Skegness	£348.3m	£2,962	£12,694
9	South Shropshire	£346.2m	£3,598	£12,193
10	Chichester	£345.9m	£3,207	£12,531
11	Honiton and Sidmouth	£344.2m	£3,704	£12,045
12	West Worcestershire	£344.0m	£3,410	£12,481
13	Arundel and South Downs	£343.5m	£3,486	£12,383
14	New Forest West	£343.4m	£4,056	£12,386
15	Suffolk Coastal	£338.6m	£3,584	£12,305
16	Bridlington and The Wolds	£334.3m	£3,546	£12,264
17	Herne Bay and Sandwich	£333.5m	£3,296	£12,488
18	Fylde	£333.4m	£3,339	£12,230
19	Torridge and Tavistock	£330.1m	£3,382	£12,129
20	Thirsk and Malton	£329.9m	£3,339	£12,359
21	Lewes	£329.6m	£3,415	£12,513
22	North West Norfolk	£328.4m	£3,170	£12,438
23	South Holland and The Deepings	£326.0m	£2,882	£12,613
24	North Northumberland	£325.6m	£3,482	£12,245
25	Worthing West	£323.9m	£3,198	£12,364
26	Skipton and Ripon	£323.5m	£3,248	£12,228
27	South Dorset	£322.5m	£3,257	£12,213
28	Torbay	£322.2m	£3,084	£12,395
29	South Devon	£321.9m	£3,510	£12,142
30	Morecambe and Lunesdale	£319.5m	£3,214	£12,629
31	Sefton Central	£318.2m	£3,437	£12,909
32	Waveney Valley	£316.9m	£3,502	£12,309
33	Tiverton and Minehead	£316.2m	£3,410	£12,232
34	North Herefordshire	£315.4m	£3,427	£12,184
35	Stratford-on-Avon	£315.3m	£3,147	£12,473
36	Wyre Forest	£313.9m	£3,043	£12,580
37	Clwyd North	£312.5m	£3,103	£12,974
38	Mid Dorset and North Poole	£312.4m	£3,218	£12,596
39	Dumfries and Galloway	£311.1m	£3,234	£12,531	Shared out, Estimated
40	Scarborough and Whitby	£309.6m	£3,148	£12,413
41	North Dorset	£309.4m	£3,246	£12,367
42	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	£308.6m	£3,184	£12,552
43	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	£308.4m	£3,011	£12,303
44	Penrith and Solway	£307.6m	£3,115	£12,281
45	South West Norfolk	£307.6m	£2,902	£12,585
46	Newton Abbot	£307.6m	£3,260	£12,512
47	Hexham	£306.7m	£3,223	£12,262
48	Newark	£306.4m	£2,823	£12,372
49	North Devon	£306.3m	£3,043	£12,267
50	Wirral West	£306.1m	£3,440	£12,584

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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