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Clacton has the highest total spending on pensioner benefits in 2024-25.

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.

Spending on pensioner benefits, total, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Dumfries and Galloway: £319.4m total, 2024-25, 40th of 631 constituencies.

Total, low to high

  1. Under £159.4m
  2. £159.4m to £197.9m
  3. £197.9m to £236.4m
  4. £236.4m to £274.9m
  5. £274.9m to £313.4m
  6. £313.4m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on pensioner benefits, 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 631 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 66 and over1631Clacton 134Boston and Skegness 280Louth and Horncastle 356Chichester 395Dumfries and Galloway 411Bexhill and Battle 417Christchurch 426Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 436North Norfolk 565South Shropshire 591West Dorset 607

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Dumfries and Galloway, 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
£250.1mFebruary 2023+£4.9mPopulation+£10.0mShare claiming+£31.9mPayment size£297.0mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£250.1m
Population+£4.9m
Share claiming+£10.0m
Payment size+£31.9m
March 2026£297.0m
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.

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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 pensioner benefits, 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 pensioner benefits for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Clacton£408.4m£3,964£13,099
2Christchurch£377.1m£4,271£12,615
3Louth and Horncastle£376.1m£3,816£12,717
4West Dorset£372.9m£3,871£12,235
5North Norfolk£365.5m£4,205£12,376
6Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£365.2m£3,348£12,607
7Boston and Skegness£357.9m£3,041£12,818
8Bexhill and Battle£357.5m£3,873£12,628
9South Shropshire£356.5m£3,698£12,290
10Chichester£355.6m£3,249£12,666
11West Worcestershire£354.8m£3,461£12,566
12Honiton and Sidmouth£352.6m£3,764£12,116
13Arundel and South Downs£352.1m£3,552£12,484
14New Forest West£351.7m£4,137£12,539
15Suffolk Coastal£348.1m£3,652£12,294
16Bridlington and The Wolds£344.8m£3,619£12,402
17Herne Bay and Sandwich£343.5m£3,351£12,655
18Fylde£343.0m£3,382£12,279
19Torridge and Tavistock£341.4m£3,496£12,312
20Thirsk and Malton£339.2m£3,396£12,440
21North Northumberland£338.0m£3,603£12,367
22Lewes£337.4m£3,464£12,671
23South Holland and The Deepings£335.5m£2,937£12,711
24Skipton and Ripon£334.4m£3,335£12,403
25North West Norfolk£334.2m£3,234£12,536
26South Dorset£332.1m£3,301£12,341
27Worthing West£331.7m£3,225£12,437
28South Devon£330.2m£3,578£12,264
29Torbay£327.7m£3,129£12,495
30Morecambe and Lunesdale£326.3m£3,269£12,774
31Sefton Central£326.3m£3,495£13,081
32Stratford-on-Avon£325.7m£3,179£12,555
33Waveney Valley£325.2m£3,559£12,347
34North Herefordshire£323.7m£3,489£12,271
35Tiverton and Minehead£323.3m£3,474£12,345
36Mid Dorset and North Poole£322.0m£3,294£12,729
37Scarborough and Whitby£320.4m£3,241£12,575
38Wyre Forest£319.9m£3,079£12,741
39Clwyd North£319.9m£3,156£13,124
40Dumfries and Galloway£319.4m£3,316£12,636Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
41North Dorset£319.0m£3,332£12,515
42Hexham£317.8m£3,300£12,396
43Mid and South Pembrokeshire£317.1m£3,078£12,437
44Blackpool North and Fleetwood£317.1m£3,245£12,677
45Penrith and Solway£317.0m£3,183£12,379
46Newton Abbot£316.2m£3,330£12,614
47South West Norfolk£315.5m£2,954£12,676
48Newark£315.5m£2,869£12,489
49North Devon£315.3m£3,115£12,433
50Maldon£315.1m£3,052£12,796

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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