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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 2024-25.

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.

Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected Lewes: £95 per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, 386th of 632 constituencies.

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

  1. Under £81
  2. £81 to £110
  3. £110 to £139
  4. £139 to £169
  5. £169 to £198
  6. £198 and over
  • Estimated value
Spending on Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, per person aged 16 to 64, 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 per person aged 16 to 64 are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 1Bradford West 2Bradford East 3Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 4Easington 5Rotherham 6Walsall and Bloxwich 7Aberafan Maesteg 8Liverpool Walton 9Hartlepool 10Lewes 386

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Lewes, 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.

£4.2mFebruary 2023+£0.04mPopulation+£0.39mShare claiming+£0.26mPayment size£4.9mMarch 2026
What changed: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023£4.2m
Population+£0.04m
Share claiming+£0.39m
Payment size+£0.26m
March 2026£4.9m
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 Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment, 2024-25. 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, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£22.2m£193£303
2Bradford West£23.8m£187£288
3Bradford East£21.5m£173£272
4Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£21.0m£168£269
5Easington£15.2m£158£257
6Rotherham£17.9m£156£248
7Walsall and Bloxwich£19.2m£154£244
8Aberafan Maesteg£13.7m£148£244
9Liverpool Walton£15.5m£152£240
10Hartlepool£14.0m£143£233
11Bradford South£16.2m£145£233
12Clacton£12.5m£121£228
13Tipton and Wednesbury£16.7m£143£228
14Birmingham Yardley£16.9m£144£227
15Knowsley£13.9m£140£223
16Houghton and Sunderland South£14.4m£135£221
17Derby South£17.7m£141£218
18Barnsley South£14.6m£135£217
19Washington and Gateshead South£12.6m£130£215
20Wolverhampton South East£17.2m£134£214
21Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£12.6m£132£214
22Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£13.1m£131£213
23Blyth and Ashington£13.6m£129£212
24Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£16.5m£136£211
25Sheffield South East£14.1m£132£211
26Stockton North£13.6m£130£209
27Redcar£11.8m£123£208
28Birmingham Northfield£14.0m£128£208
29Rhondda and Ogmore£13.0m£128£207
30Birkenhead£14.2m£130£207
31Blackburn£15.5m£130£207
32Blackpool South£14.5m£128£205
33Kingston upon Hull East£13.1m£126£205
34Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£13.5m£125£204
35Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley£15.8m£131£203
36Great Yarmouth£11.7m£117£201
37Bootle£13.2m£127£200
38Liverpool West Derby£12.7m£125£199
39South Shields£10.8m£120£199
40East Thanet£12.5m£118£198
41Jarrow and Gateshead East£11.7m£122£198
42Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor£11.8m£120£197
43Birmingham Erdington£15.8m£125£196
44Bishop Auckland£10.9m£115£196
45Clwyd North£11.4m£112£196
46Dudley£12.7m£121£196
47Birmingham Perry Barr£16.0m£128£195
48Bolton South and Walkden£16.0m£122£195
49Rawmarsh and Conisbrough£11.5m£119£194
50Dewsbury and Batley£13.3m£124£194

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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