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Clacton has the highest total spending on winter heating payments in 2023-24.

A yearly payment to help people over State Pension age with heating costs. In Scotland, Pension Age Winter Heating Payment replaces Winter Fuel Payment. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, total, 2023-24, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under £5.6m
  2. £5.6m to £6.7m
  3. £6.7m to £7.9m
  4. £7.9m to £9.0m
  5. £9.0m to £10.2m
  6. £10.2m and over
Spending on Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating 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.
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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 residentPer person aged 66 and over1632Boston and Skegness 310Clacton 358Chichester 407Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 476Bexhill and Battle 488Louth and Horncastle 518West Dorset 559North Norfolk 561Christchurch 584Honiton and Sidmouth 593

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.

Benefit
£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 Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating 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 Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Payment for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Clacton£13.1m£129£425Boundary or method change
2West Dorset£12.3m£129£412Boundary or method change
3Christchurch£12.2m£138£410Boundary or method change
4Louth and Horncastle£12.0m£122£415Boundary or method change
5North Norfolk£12.0m£137£412Boundary or method change
6Bognor Regis and Littlehampton£11.9m£110£417Boundary or method change
7Boston and Skegness£11.7m£100£428Boundary or method change
8Honiton and Sidmouth£11.7m£126£409Boundary or method change
9Bexhill and Battle£11.7m£128£417Boundary or method change
10Chichester£11.6m£108£421Boundary or method change
11South Shropshire£11.6m£121£408Boundary or method change
12Arundel and South Downs£11.4m£115£410Boundary or method change
13Suffolk Coastal£11.4m£120£413Boundary or method change
14New Forest West£11.4m£134£410Boundary or method change
15West Worcestershire£11.3m£112£412Boundary or method change
16Fylde£11.3m£113£414Boundary or method change
17Torridge and Tavistock£11.2m£115£412Boundary or method change
18Bridlington and The Wolds£11.2m£119£411Boundary or method change
19Thirsk and Malton£11.1m£113£418Boundary or method change
20Lewes£11.1m£115£422Boundary or method change
21South Devon£11.1m£121£419Boundary or method change
22Torbay£11.1m£106£427Boundary or method change
23Herne Bay and Sandwich£11.1m£109£414Boundary or method change
24South Dorset£10.9m£110£414Boundary or method change
25North West Norfolk£10.9m£106£414Boundary or method change
26North Northumberland£10.9m£117£411Boundary or method change
27Skipton and Ripon£10.9m£109£411Boundary or method change
28Worthing West£10.9m£107£415Boundary or method change
29South Holland and The Deepings£10.8m£95£417Boundary or method change
30Tiverton and Minehead£10.7m£116£416Boundary or method change
31Morecambe and Lunesdale£10.7m£108£423Boundary or method change
32Scarborough and Whitby£10.6m£108£424Boundary or method change
33North Cornwall£10.6m£105£416Boundary or method change
34Dumfries and Galloway£10.6m£110£425Boundary or method change
35Eastbourne£10.5m£102£433Boundary or method change
36Blackpool North and Fleetwood£10.5m£109£429Boundary or method change
37Mid and South Pembrokeshire£10.5m£103£420Boundary or method change
38North Herefordshire£10.5m£114£407Boundary or method change
39South East Cornwall£10.5m£113£412Boundary or method change
40Waveney Valley£10.5m£116£407Boundary or method change
41Sefton Central£10.5m£113£425Boundary or method change
42Clwyd North£10.5m£104£434Boundary or method change
43North Devon£10.4m£104£418Boundary or method change
44Wyre Forest£10.4m£101£417Boundary or method change
45Penrith and Solway£10.4m£105£415Boundary or method change
46Newton Abbot£10.4m£110£422Boundary or method change
47North Shropshire£10.4m£101£422Boundary or method change
48Stratford-on-Avon£10.3m£103£409Boundary or method change
49St Ives£10.3m£116£427Boundary or method change
50Ceredigion Preseli£10.3m£109£424Boundary or method change

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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