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Clacton has the highest total spending on State Pension in 2024-25.

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, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Bedford: £197.1m total, 2024-25, 450th of 631 constituencies.

Total, low to high

  1. Under £130.1m
  2. £130.1m to £169.0m
  3. £169.0m to £208.0m
  4. £208.0m to £246.9m
  5. £246.9m to £285.9m
  6. £285.9m and over
Spending on State Pension, 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

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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 over1631Arundel and South Downs 150Chichester 168Christchurch 206Clacton 270Bexhill and Battle 278Louth and Horncastle 331Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 349Bedford 377North Norfolk 412South Shropshire 470West Dorset 474

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Bedford, 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.

£171.1mFebruary 2023+£2.5mPopulation+£8.4mShare claiming+£20.4mPayment size£202.4mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£171.1m
Population+£2.5m
Share claiming+£8.4m
Payment size+£20.4m
March 2026£202.4m
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, 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 State Pension for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Clacton£361.1m£3,505£11,583
2Christchurch£347.9m£3,940£11,638
3West Dorset£345.2m£3,584£11,328
4Louth and Horncastle£340.8m£3,457£11,521
5North Norfolk£337.4m£3,882£11,424
6Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£333.1m£3,054£11,499
7Arundel and South Downs£329.8m£3,326£11,692
8South Shropshire£328.9m£3,412£11,338
9Chichester£327.7m£2,995£11,674
10Bexhill and Battle£327.6m£3,550£11,575
11Honiton and Sidmouth£327.6m£3,497£11,258
12West Worcestershire£327.1m£3,191£11,586
13New Forest West£327.0m£3,846£11,658
14Suffolk Coastal£323.5m£3,394£11,425
15Boston and Skegness£317.9m£2,701£11,384
16Torridge and Tavistock£314.1m£3,217£11,328
17Bridlington and The Wolds£313.4m£3,290£11,274
18Fylde£312.4m£3,081£11,185
19Thirsk and Malton£311.9m£3,123£11,439
20Skipton and Ripon£311.2m£3,103£11,541
21Lewes£311.0m£3,193£11,679
22Herne Bay and Sandwich£311.0m£3,033£11,455
23North Northumberland£310.8m£3,312£11,369
24South Holland and The Deepings£306.1m£2,679£11,595
25South Dorset£304.3m£3,025£11,308
26Worthing West£303.5m£2,951£11,379
27Stratford-on-Avon£303.1m£2,959£11,683
28North West Norfolk£302.8m£2,929£11,355
29South Devon£302.4m£3,277£11,233
30Waveney Valley£301.3m£3,298£11,439
31Mid Dorset and North Poole£300.4m£3,073£11,875
32North Herefordshire£300.3m£3,237£11,385
33Tiverton and Minehead£296.8m£3,189£11,331
34North Dorset£296.5m£3,097£11,633
35Sefton Central£296.3m£3,174£11,880
36Morecambe and Lunesdale£295.6m£2,961£11,570
37Hexham£294.2m£3,054£11,474
38Maldon£293.3m£2,841£11,911
39Penrith and Solway£292.7m£2,939£11,431
40Wyre Forest£292.3m£2,813£11,641
41Newark£291.1m£2,647£11,522
42Torbay£290.3m£2,772£11,067
43Angus and Perthshire Glens£289.1m£2,916£11,500
44North Devon£289.1m£2,856£11,399
45North Cornwall£288.7m£2,863£11,161
46South East Cornwall£288.6m£3,102£11,080
47Broadland and Fakenham£288.4m£2,970£11,458
48Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk£288.3m£2,983£11,435
49North Shropshire£288.1m£2,790£11,508
50Newton Abbot£288.1m£3,034£11,494

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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