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Tottenham has the highest total spending on working-age benefits in 2023-24.

Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support and Carer's Allowance, with Carer Support Payment in Scotland. Disability benefits are paid at all ages, so they are shown separately. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on working-age benefits, total, 2023-24, by constituency

Total, low to high

  1. Under £85.0m
  2. £85.0m to £117.6m
  3. £117.6m to £150.3m
  4. £150.3m to £182.9m
  5. £182.9m to £215.6m
  6. £215.6m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on working-age benefits, 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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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 residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Edmonton and Winchmore Hill 1Enfield North 2Brent East 3Tottenham 5Queen's Park and Maida Vale 20Croydon West 24Barking 35Bethnal Green and Stepney 65Birmingham Ladywood 72Poplar and Limehouse 141

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Great Britain, Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment: 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
£3.6bnFebruary 2023+£45.3mPopulation+£575.3mShare claiming+£217.0mPayment size£4.4bnMarch 2026
What changed: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023£3.6bn
Population+£45.3m
Share claiming+£575.3m
Payment size+£217.0m
March 2026£4.4bn
The share claiming is the number of people claiming per person aged 16 to 64. 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?

Spending on working-age benefits per person aged 16 to 64, 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 = −£2,631 + £5,734 × share aged 0 to 15 + £551 × share aged 66 and over − £201 × deprivation decile + £429 × ln(median pay) + £353 × Wales + £111 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 626 constituencies. R² = 0.85. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

Spending on working-age benefits, 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 working-age benefits for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Tottenham£340.6m£2,464£3,443
2Brent East£326.5m£2,406£3,538
3Birmingham Ladywood£303.2m£1,872£2,580
4Enfield North£294.6m£2,305£3,595
5Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£292.7m£2,336£3,658
6Queen's Park and Maida Vale£265.5m£2,140£2,969
7Bethnal Green and Stepney£265.2m£1,987£2,595
8Barking£263.2m£1,902£2,846
9Croydon West£262.5m£2,042£2,943
10Poplar and Limehouse£260.7m£1,755£2,257
11West Ham and Beckton£256.1m£1,778£2,426
12Hackney North and Stoke Newington£253.2m£2,148£3,100
13Leeds South£248.7m£1,929£2,853
14East Ham£247.9m£1,823£2,652
15Blackpool South£242.4m£2,174£3,471
16Birmingham Erdington£241.3m£1,936£3,020
17Erith and Thamesmead£240.1m£1,749£2,592
18Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£240.0m£1,931£3,113
19Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£237.7m£1,994£3,096
20Liverpool Riverside£236.3m£1,854£2,421
21Glasgow North East£232.9m£2,057£2,898Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
22Bolton South and Walkden£232.6m£1,812£2,892
23Southgate and Wood Green£230.2m£1,805£2,671
24Blackley and Middleton South£230.1m£2,012£3,224
25Lewisham East£229.6m£1,962£2,882
26Birmingham Perry Barr£228.1m£1,827£2,789
27Wolverhampton South East£225.8m£1,797£2,871
28Stratford and Bow£225.6m£1,668£2,209
29Feltham and Heston£225.4m£1,634£2,427
30Ealing North£224.6m£1,703£2,548
31Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£223.5m£1,966£3,104
32Ealing Central and Acton£223.4m£1,633£2,293
33Walsall and Bloxwich£222.8m£1,828£2,920
34Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£221.7m£1,615£2,399
35Gorton and Denton£221.3m£1,886£2,950
36Bradford West£220.1m£1,757£2,710
37Bradford East£219.4m£1,790£2,813
38Hendon£217.1m£1,597£2,375
39Ilford South£213.6m£1,579£2,381
40Peterborough£213.3m£1,618£2,583
41Derby South£212.9m£1,734£2,691
42Hackney South and Shoreditch£211.9m£1,823£2,358
43Coventry East£211.5m£1,731£2,731
44Liverpool Walton£209.8m£2,046£3,218
45Hayes and Harlington£206.0m£1,508£2,210
46Leicester West£206.0m£1,551£2,321
47Islington South and Finsbury£204.4m£1,692£2,198
48Birkenhead£203.7m£1,887£3,022
49Ealing Southall£203.2m£1,564£2,301
50Bootle£202.9m£1,969£3,105

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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