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Tottenham has the highest total spending on working-age benefits in 2024-25.

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, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Chingford and Woodford Green: £141.0m total, 2024-25, 265th of 632 constituencies.

Total, low to high

  1. Under £99.7m
  2. £99.7m to £138.3m
  3. £138.3m to £177.0m
  4. £177.0m to £215.6m
  5. £215.6m to £254.3m
  6. £254.3m and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on working-age benefits, 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

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, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Enfield North 1Edmonton and Winchmore Hill 2Hackney North and Stoke Newington 3Brent East 4Tottenham 5Queen's Park and Maida Vale 13Barking 38Bethnal Green and Stepney 58Birmingham Ladywood 61Poplar and Limehouse 105Chingford and Woodford Green 300

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Chingford and Woodford Green, 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
£4.8mFebruary 2023−£3,133Population+£1.4mShare claiming+£0.31mPayment size£6.5mMarch 2026
What changed: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023£4.8m
Population−£3,133
Share claiming+£1.4m
Payment size+£0.31m
March 2026£6.5m
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, 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 working-age benefits for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Tottenham£414.4m£2,993£4,193
2Brent East£399.4m£2,912£4,283
3Enfield North£367.4m£2,881£4,496
4Birmingham Ladywood£365.9m£2,192£2,989
5Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£357.6m£2,859£4,484
6Hackney North and Stoke Newington£347.9m£2,963£4,305
7Poplar and Limehouse£316.2m£2,117£2,716
8Bethnal Green and Stepney£312.5m£2,321£3,022
9Queen's Park and Maida Vale£312.0m£2,503£3,483
10Barking£309.4m£2,171£3,238
11West Ham and Beckton£305.1m£2,062£2,797
12Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£298.3m£2,378£3,814
13East Ham£295.3m£2,165£3,143
14Croydon West£291.5m£2,208£3,176
15Leeds South£289.7m£2,192£3,232
16Birmingham Erdington£289.0m£2,291£3,587
17Erith and Thamesmead£279.2m£2,000£2,940
18Liverpool Riverside£277.6m£2,109£2,749
19Bradford West£275.6m£2,169£3,340
20Birmingham Perry Barr£274.5m£2,191£3,340
21Ealing North£274.4m£2,040£3,047
22Blackpool South£272.7m£2,422£3,870
23Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£272.5m£2,363£3,714
24Southgate and Wood Green£271.8m£2,129£3,167
25Bradford East£271.4m£2,189£3,433
26Bolton South and Walkden£270.5m£2,073£3,301
27Walsall and Bloxwich£270.0m£2,159£3,422
28Lewisham East£269.0m£2,283£3,348
29Blackley and Middleton South£269.0m£2,332£3,742
30Glasgow North East£268.5m£2,333£3,285Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
31Hendon£265.1m£1,903£2,822
32Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£264.8m£2,184£3,385
33Wolverhampton South East£262.7m£2,047£3,262
34Ealing Central and Acton£261.5m£1,880£2,640
35Stratford and Bow£261.3m£1,894£2,499
36Gorton and Denton£257.5m£2,162£3,378
37Feltham and Heston£256.2m£1,825£2,706
38Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£254.1m£1,809£2,673
39Birmingham Yardley£253.3m£2,150£3,396
40Derby South£253.1m£2,018£3,118
41Hackney South and Shoreditch£251.3m£2,131£2,742
42Liverpool Walton£250.4m£2,444£3,872
43Hayes and Harlington£247.6m£1,754£2,544
44Ilford South£247.4m£1,789£2,681
45Coventry East£246.4m£1,966£3,089
46Peterborough£245.6m£1,852£2,965
47Leicester West£243.2m£1,793£2,681
48Salford£241.7m£1,741£2,346
49Islington South and Finsbury£240.0m£1,977£2,568
50Nottingham North and Kimberley£237.8m£2,164£3,482

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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