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Birmingham Ladywood is furthest above the expected level of spending on pensioner benefits per person aged 66 and over in 2024-25.

Actual spending per person aged 66 and over minus the level we would expect from the area's ages, deprivation, typical pay and nation. A figure above zero is above the expected level, and a figure below zero is below it. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Below the expected level, then above it

Under −£597
−£597 to −£426
−£426 to −£256
−£256 to −£85
−£85 to £85
£85 to £256
£256 to £426
£426 to £597
£597 and over

Estimated value
No value

Spending on pensioner benefits, compared with the expected level, per person aged 66 and over, 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

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Birkenhead, 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.

What changed: State Pension
February 2023	£188.9m
Population	+£3.4m
Share claiming	+£7.6m
Payment size	+£24.0m
March 2026	£223.9m

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 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.

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 pensioner benefits, compared with the expected level, 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 pensioner benefits, compared with the expected level for every constituency, 2024-25
Rank			Notes
1	Birmingham Ladywood	£1,433	Estimated
2	Liverpool Riverside	£1,211	Estimated
3	Glasgow East	£1,087	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
4	Glasgow North East	£955	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
5	Manchester Rusholme	£899	Estimated
6	Bristol Central	£877	Estimated
7	Lewisham North	£861	Estimated
8	Hartlepool	£806	Estimated
9	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	£799	Estimated
10	Glasgow South	£763	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
11	Hackney South and Shoreditch	£751	Estimated
12	Glasgow North	£743	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
13	Sefton Central	£739	Estimated
14	Liverpool Walton	£733	Estimated
15	Islington South and Finsbury	£722	Estimated
16	Islington North	£711	Estimated
17	Coatbridge and Bellshill	£700	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
18	Rayleigh and Wickford	£676	Estimated
19	Broxbourne	£665	Estimated
20	Airdrie and Shotts	£626	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
21	Northampton South	£605	Estimated
22	Knowsley	£592	Estimated
23	Leeds Central and Headingley	£567	Estimated
24	Bethnal Green and Stepney	£543	Estimated
25	Aldridge-Brownhills	£543	Estimated
26	Holborn and St Pancras	£524	Estimated
27	Stretford and Urmston	£521	Estimated
28	Clapham and Brixton Hill	£501	Estimated
29	Glasgow West	£486	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
30	South West Hertfordshire	£482	Estimated
31	Leeds South	£471	Estimated
32	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	£470	Estimated
33	Christchurch	£465	Estimated
34	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	£465	Estimated
35	East Kilbride and Strathaven	£463	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
36	Orpington	£446	Estimated
37	Castle Point	£444	Estimated
38	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	£442	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
39	Clacton	£440	Estimated
40	Wirral West	£439	Estimated
41	Bradford East	£432	Estimated
42	Hertford and Stortford	£432	Estimated
43	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	£426	Estimated
44	Liverpool Garston	£419	Estimated
45	North Durham	£413	Estimated
46	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	£412	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
47	Cheadle	£399	Estimated
48	St Albans	£395	Estimated
49	Jarrow and Gateshead East	£394	Estimated
50	Harlow	£393	Estimated

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, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government.

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