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Clacton has the highest total spending on State Pension in 2023-24.

The State Pension, paid from State Pension age. It includes the new State Pension and the older basic and additional pensions. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on State Pension, total, 2023-24, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under £122.2m
  2. £122.2m to £159.0m
  3. £159.0m to £195.8m
  4. £195.8m to £232.6m
  5. £232.6m to £269.4m
  6. £269.4m and over
Spending on State Pension, 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.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 66 and over1631Arundel and South Downs 145Christchurch 220Clacton 259Bexhill and Battle 266Louth and Horncastle 307Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 310North Norfolk 382South Shropshire 452West Dorset 461Honiton and Sidmouth 484

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.

£120.7bnFebruary 2023+£2.3bnPopulation+£5.4bnShare claiming+£15.0bnPayment size£143.4bnMarch 2026
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.

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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 State Pension, 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 State Pension for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Clacton£343.0m£3,372£11,138
2Christchurch£331.6m£3,764£11,167
3West Dorset£325.4m£3,411£10,892
4Louth and Horncastle£320.7m£3,255£11,087
5North Norfolk£319.3m£3,668£11,002
6Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£315.7m£2,914£11,085
7Bexhill and Battle£312.5m£3,422£11,129
8Arundel and South Downs£311.8m£3,165£11,243
9Honiton and Sidmouth£310.0m£3,336£10,848
10South Shropshire£309.7m£3,219£10,907
11New Forest West£309.6m£3,657£11,166
12Chichester£309.3m£2,868£11,207
13West Worcestershire£307.9m£3,052£11,170
14Suffolk Coastal£305.1m£3,229£11,087
15Boston and Skegness£300.7m£2,558£10,960
16Bridlington and The Wolds£295.8m£3,138£10,852
17Lewes£294.7m£3,053£11,187
18Fylde£294.5m£2,949£10,802
19Torridge and Tavistock£294.3m£3,015£10,812
20Thirsk and Malton£294.0m£2,975£11,012
21Herne Bay and Sandwich£293.5m£2,900£10,988
22Skipton and Ripon£292.2m£2,933£11,043
23North Northumberland£290.3m£3,105£10,918
24South Holland and The Deepings£289.3m£2,558£11,193
25North West Norfolk£289.0m£2,790£10,946
26Worthing West£288.0m£2,843£10,991
27South Dorset£287.0m£2,899£10,871
28South Devon£285.7m£3,115£10,777
29Stratford-on-Avon£284.8m£2,842£11,264
30Waveney Valley£284.6m£3,145£11,054
31North Herefordshire£283.3m£3,078£10,945
32Mid Dorset and North Poole£282.7m£2,912£11,398
33Tiverton and Minehead£281.2m£3,032£10,878
34Sefton Central£281.2m£3,037£11,409
35Morecambe and Lunesdale£280.5m£2,821£11,088
36North Dorset£279.1m£2,929£11,159
37Wyre Forest£278.8m£2,703£11,175
38Torbay£276.6m£2,647£10,639
39Hexham£275.6m£2,897£11,019
40Maldon£275.5m£2,692£11,460
41Penrith and Solway£274.8m£2,783£10,969
42Newark£274.5m£2,530£11,085
43Broadland and Fakenham£272.7m£2,850£11,058
44South West Norfolk£272.7m£2,572£11,155
45Angus and Perthshire Glens£272.5m£2,750£11,000
46North Devon£272.4m£2,707£10,910
47North Cornwall£272.3m£2,711£10,734
48Newton Abbot£272.0m£2,883£11,065
49South East Cornwall£271.8m£2,934£10,679
50Yeovil£271.7m£2,567£10,986

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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