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Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the highest spending on Income Support per person aged 16 to 64 in 2024-25.

An older benefit for people on a low income. Universal Credit has mostly replaced it. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on Income Support, per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected South Cambridgeshire: £3.37 per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, 531st of 632 constituencies.

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

  1. Under £4.43
  2. £4.43 to £6.79
  3. £6.79 to £9.16
  4. £9.16 to £12
  5. £12 to £14
  6. £14 and over
Spending on Income Support, per person aged 16 to 64, 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

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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, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer residentPer person aged 16 to 641632Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 1Liverpool Walton 2Glasgow North East 3Aberafan Maesteg 4Sheffield Heeley 5Middlesbrough and Thornaby East 6Tipton and Wednesbury 7Glenrothes and Mid Fife 8Birkenhead 9Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 10South Cambridgeshire 531

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

South Cambridgeshire, State Pension: 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
£223.6mFebruary 2023+£5.1mPopulation+£10.0mShare claiming+£28.0mPayment size£266.7mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£223.6m
Population+£5.1m
Share claiming+£10.0m
Payment size+£28.0m
March 2026£266.7m
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.

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 Income Support, 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 Income Support for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£1.7m£15£24
2Liverpool Walton£1.4m£14£22
3Glasgow North East£1.7m£15£21
4Aberafan Maesteg£1.1m£12£20
5Sheffield Heeley£1.3m£12£18
6Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£1.4m£12£18
7Tipton and Wednesbury£1.3m£11£18
8Glenrothes and Mid Fife£0.99m£11£17
9Birkenhead£1.2m£11£17
10Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£1.3m£10£17
11Rhondda and Ogmore£1.0m£10£17
12Sheffield South East£1.1m£10£17
13Redcar£0.93m£9.70£16
14Knowsley£1.0m£10£16
15Jarrow and Gateshead East£0.94m£9.70£16
16Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland£0.89m£9.23£16
17Liverpool West Derby£1.00m£9.84£16
18Liverpool Garston£0.89m£9.35£16
19Kingston upon Hull East£1.00m£9.57£16
20Birmingham Northfield£1.0m£9.49£15
21Walsall and Bloxwich£1.2m£9.59£15
22Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare£0.93m£9.24£15
23Nottingham North and Kimberley£1.0m£9.28£15
24West Dunbartonshire£0.84m£9.18£15
25Clwyd North£0.85m£8.39£15
26Wolverhampton South East£1.2m£9.10£15
27Easington£0.85m£8.83£14
28Glasgow South West£1.00m£9.82£14
29Bootle£0.94m£9.01£14
30South Shields£0.77m£8.53£14
31Sunderland Central£0.94m£9.01£14
32Stockton North£0.90m£8.59£14
33Liverpool Riverside£1.4m£11£14
34Glasgow West£0.99m£9.66£14
35Bradford East£1.1m£8.76£14
36Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£0.91m£8.36£14
37Blackpool South£0.97m£8.59£14
38Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor£0.82m£8.34£14
39Rotherham£0.98m£8.51£14
40Airdrie and Shotts£0.81m£8.65£13
41Plymouth Moor View£0.82m£8.02£13
42Glasgow East£0.98m£9.30£13
43Bradford South£0.92m£8.23£13
44Wolverhampton North East£0.89m£8.10£13
45Birmingham Erdington£1.1m£8.40£13
46Coatbridge and Bellshill£0.81m£8.50£13
47Washington and Gateshead South£0.76m£7.91£13
48Hartlepool£0.78m£7.97£13
49Bolton South and Walkden£1.1m£8.19£13
50Bradford West£1.1m£8.44£13

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, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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