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Liverpool Walton has the highest total spending on Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment in 2023-24.

Help with the extra costs of a long-term health condition or disability. In Scotland, Adult Disability Payment replaces Personal Independence Payment. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment, total, 2023-24, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under £27.9m
  2. £27.9m to £38.0m
  3. £38.0m to £48.0m
  4. £48.0m to £58.0m
  5. £58.0m to £68.0m
  6. £68.0m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Personal Independence Payment and Adult 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 resident1632Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 1Aberafan Maesteg 2Liverpool Walton 3Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare 4Rhondda and Ogmore 6Knowsley 7Birkenhead 8Blackpool South 13Swansea West 17Liverpool Riverside 23

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment: yearly spending at the rate in July 2023 and in July 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.

£22.1bnJuly 2023+£299.4mPopulation+£7.1bnShare claiming+£1.0bnPayment size£30.5bnJuly 2026
What changed: Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment
July 2023£22.1bn
Population+£299.4m
Share claiming+£7.1bn
Payment size+£1.0bn
July 2026£30.5bn
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 Personal Independence Payment and Adult 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 Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Liverpool Walton£93.1m£908
2Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£89.6m£940
3Liverpool Riverside£88.3m£693
4Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£87.1m£870
5Rhondda and Ogmore£84.8m£841
6Aberafan Maesteg£83.8m£909
7Birkenhead£83.3m£772
8Blackpool South£81.8m£734
9Knowsley£81.3m£837
10Swansea West£80.8m£726
11Birmingham Erdington£80.8m£648
12Easington£80.3m£842
13Bootle£79.5m£771
14Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£77.1m£647
15Liverpool West Derby£76.3m£764
16Neath and Swansea East£75.5m£746
17Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£75.5m£607
18Dundee Central£75.5m£707Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
19Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£75.3m£663
20Glasgow North£74.6m£660Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
21Clwyd North£73.5m£730
22Glasgow North East£73.3m£647Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
23Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£72.9m£531
24Barnsley South£72.5m£680
25Walsall and Bloxwich£72.5m£595
26Caerphilly£72.2m£747
27Birmingham Ladywood£72.2m£446
28Nottingham North and Kimberley£71.5m£655
29Wolverhampton South East£71.3m£568
30Bolton South and Walkden£71.2m£555
31Rotherham£70.4m£626
32Tipton and Wednesbury£70.4m£606
33Houghton and Sunderland South£70.2m£674
34Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend£70.1m£596
35Newport East£70.0m£610
36Llanelli£69.7m£732
37Derby South£69.2m£564
38Torfaen£68.5m£733
39Coventry East£68.5m£560
40Glasgow East£68.2m£661Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
41Wallasey£68.2m£700
42Glasgow West£67.8m£670Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
43Hartlepool£67.6m£705
44Stoke-on-Trent Central£67.5m£574
45Coatbridge and Bellshill£67.4m£709Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
46Blackley and Middleton South£67.2m£588
47Pontypridd£66.9m£640
48Blyth and Ashington£66.8m£642
49Barnsley North£66.8m£626
50Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke£66.5m£681Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits

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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