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Glasgow North has the highest spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment per person aged 66 and over in 2024-25.

Help for people over State Pension age whose disability means they need care. In Scotland, Pension Age Disability Payment replaces Attendance Allowance. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Thurrock: £901 per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, 105th of 632 constituencies.

Per person aged 66 and over, low to high

  1. Under £620
  2. £620 to £723
  3. £723 to £825
  4. £825 to £927
  5. £927 to £1,029
  6. £1,029 and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, by constituency. Equal-size areas: every constituency is one hexagon of the same size, so small city seats show as clearly as large rural ones. Hexagon layout by Open Innovations. 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 per person aged 66 and over are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 66 and over1632Glasgow North 1Bethnal Green and Stepney 2Birmingham Ladywood 3Hartlepool 4Glasgow North East 5Glasgow East 6Coatbridge and Bellshill 7Airdrie and Shotts 8Manchester Rusholme 9Glasgow South West 10Thurrock 105

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Thurrock, Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability 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.

£8.6mFebruary 2023+£0.21mPopulation+£2.9mShare claiming+£0.70mPayment size£12.5mMarch 2026
What changed: Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment
February 2023£8.6m
Population+£0.21m
Share claiming+£2.9m
Payment size+£0.70m
March 2026£12.5m
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. 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 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 Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment, 2024-25. Rank is for per person aged 66 and over, 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 Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Glasgow North£18.1m£158£1,527Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
2Bethnal Green and Stepney£10.5m£78£1,340
3Birmingham Ladywood£11.6m£69£1,330
4Hartlepool£23.9m£243£1,304
5Glasgow North East£17.8m£155£1,253Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
6Glasgow East£16.6m£157£1,242Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
7Coatbridge and Bellshill£19.2m£201£1,196Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
8Airdrie and Shotts£18.8m£200£1,189Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
9Manchester Rusholme£7.3m£60£1,181
10Glasgow South West£16.0m£158£1,180Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
11Liverpool Riverside£13.9m£106£1,174
12Neath and Swansea East£22.8m£224£1,163
13Glasgow West£16.5m£161£1,158Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
14Swansea West£19.9m£176£1,115
15Glasgow South£15.2m£163£1,104Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
16Llanelli£22.9m£240£1,102
17Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke£19.2m£196£1,092Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
18Liverpool Walton£17.4m£170£1,088
19Aberafan Maesteg£20.0m£216£1,084
20Smethwick£15.6m£131£1,076
21Birmingham Perry Barr£13.7m£109£1,066
22Newport East£18.5m£158£1,064
23Whitehaven and Workington£21.8m£230£1,051
24Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch£18.4m£199£1,048Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
25Bradford East£13.0m£105£1,044
26Knowsley£16.2m£164£1,034
27Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£18.9m£198£1,030
28Clwyd North£25.0m£246£1,025
29Liverpool West Derby£17.2m£170£1,023
30West Dunbartonshire£18.3m£199£1,023Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
31Bradford West£12.7m£100£1,022
32Newport West and Islwyn£19.9m£193£1,018
33Stratford and Bow£9.0m£65£1,017
34St Helens South and Whiston£18.3m£186£1,002
35Clacton£31.2m£303£1,002
36Na h-Eileanan an Iar£6.7m£259£1,002Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
37Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£14.6m£116£998
38Cardiff South and Penarth£13.5m£120£996
39Rhondda and Ogmore£19.0m£188£996
40Birmingham Yardley£13.5m£114£993
41Caerphilly£18.7m£192£989
42Dundee Central£16.5m£156£985Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
43Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West£17.6m£126£984
44Bootle£16.9m£162£984
45Torfaen£18.4m£195£979
46Bridgend£19.8m£204£979
47Sunderland Central£18.8m£179£979
48Poplar and Limehouse£6.8m£46£975
49Tipton and Wednesbury£16.4m£139£974
50Jarrow and Gateshead East£17.7m£184£973

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per person aged 66 and over 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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