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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the highest spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment per person aged 16 to 64 in 2023-24.

Money for people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. In Scotland, Carer Support Payment replaces Carer's Allowance. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

Under £75
£75 to £102
£102 to £128
£128 to £155
£155 to £182
£182 and over

Estimated value

Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64, 2023-24, by constituency. 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 per person aged 16 to 64 are drawn in dark lines.

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.

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.

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 Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, 2023-24. Rank is for per person aged 16 to 64, 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 Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment for every constituency, 2023-24
Rank
1	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	£19.5m	£172	£271
2	Bradford West	£20.7m	£165	£254
3	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	£19.1m	£154	£248
4	Easington	£14.0m	£147	£239
5	Bradford East	£18.5m	£151	£237
6	Aberafan Maesteg	£13.1m	£142	£235
7	Walsall and Bloxwich	£17.2m	£141	£225
8	Rotherham	£15.8m	£141	£223
9	Liverpool Walton	£14.3m	£140	£220
10	Hartlepool	£12.9m	£134	£219
11	Knowsley	£13.1m	£134	£213
12	Clacton	£11.4m	£113	£212
13	Houghton and Sunderland South	£13.2m	£127	£208
14	Tipton and Wednesbury	£15.1m	£130	£208
15	Birmingham Yardley	£15.0m	£130	£205
16	Bradford South	£14.2m	£128	£205
17	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	£15.6m	£131	£203
18	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	£12.0m	£125	£203
19	Barnsley South	£13.5m	£126	£203
20	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	£12.4m	£123	£201
21	Wolverhampton South East	£15.8m	£125	£200
22	Washington and Gateshead South	£11.6m	£121	£200
23	Blyth and Ashington	£12.6m	£121	£200
24	Rhondda and Ogmore	£12.5m	£124	£199
25	Derby South	£15.5m	£126	£196
26	Stockton North	£12.5m	£121	£195
27	Blackpool South	£13.5m	£121	£194
28	Birkenhead	£13.1m	£121	£194
29	Redcar	£10.8m	£114	£192
30	Clwyd North	£11.0m	£109	£191
31	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	£12.6m	£117	£191
32	Birmingham Northfield	£12.7m	£117	£191
33	Bootle	£12.4m	£121	£190
34	Liverpool West Derby	£12.0m	£120	£190
35	Jarrow and Gateshead East	£11.1m	£116	£189
36	South Shields	£10.2m	£113	£188
37	Blackburn	£13.7m	£118	£187
38	Kingston upon Hull East	£12.0m	£115	£187
39	Sheffield South East	£12.3m	£116	£187
40	Great Yarmouth	£10.9m	£108	£186
41	Bishop Auckland	£10.3m	£110	£186
42	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	£14.3m	£119	£185
43	East Thanet	£11.4m	£109	£184
44	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	£10.9m	£111	£183
45	Dudley	£11.6m	£112	£183
46	Nottingham North and Kimberley	£12.3m	£112	£182
47	Bolton South and Walkden	£14.5m	£113	£181
48	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	£10.6m	£111	£180
49	Wallasey	£10.6m	£109	£180
50	Birmingham Erdington	£14.3m	£115	£179

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per person aged 16 to 64 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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