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Bristol Central has the highest spending on State Pension per person aged 66 and over in 2023-24.

The State Pension, paid from State Pension age. It includes the new State Pension and the older basic and additional pensions. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Spending on State Pension, per person aged 66 and over, 2023-24, by constituency

Selected Barking: £9,924 per person aged 66 and over, 2023-24, 599th of 631 constituencies.

Per person aged 66 and over, low to high

  1. Under £9,839
  2. £9,839 to £10,177
  3. £10,177 to £10,515
  4. £10,515 to £10,852
  5. £10,852 to £11,190
  6. £11,190 and over
Spending on State Pension, per person aged 66 and over, 2023-24, 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 631 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 over1631Bristol Central 1Northampton South 2Wokingham 3Hertford and Stortford 4Harpenden and Berkhamsted 5Broxbourne 6Aylesbury 7Leeds Central and Headingley 8St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire 9Stoke-on-Trent Central 10Barking 599

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Barking, 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.

£86.8mFebruary 2023+£1.9mPopulation+£7.9mShare claiming+£8.7mPayment size£105.3mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£86.8m
Population+£1.9m
Share claiming+£7.9m
Payment size+£8.7m
March 2026£105.3m
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.

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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 State Pension, 2023-24. 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 State Pension for every constituency, 2023-24
RankNotes
1Bristol Central£83.8m£835£12,097
2Northampton South£190.5m£1,675£11,681
3Wokingham£207.2m£2,027£11,649
4Hertford and Stortford£208.7m£1,914£11,640
5Harpenden and Berkhamsted£216.4m£2,255£11,623
6Broxbourne£213.1m£1,936£11,596
7Aylesbury£191.4m£1,683£11,583
8Leeds Central and Headingley£86.1m£763£11,581
9St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire£207.5m£1,885£11,553
10Stoke-on-Trent Central£186.6m£1,588£11,549
11North East Hertfordshire£239.2m£2,290£11,547
12Redditch£218.2m£2,190£11,543
13Chelmsford£202.5m£1,842£11,531
14Chesham and Amersham£236.6m£2,344£11,525
15Harlow£195.2m£1,708£11,522
16Calder Valley£233.9m£2,355£11,514
17Rayleigh and Wickford£245.7m£2,492£11,513
18Hinckley and Bosworth£242.6m£2,416£11,508
19Orpington£208.4m£2,107£11,506
20St Albans£180.3m£1,784£11,500
21Hitchin£196.2m£1,905£11,484
22Tonbridge£232.4m£2,358£11,481
23South Leicestershire£242.3m£2,309£11,478
24Mid Buckinghamshire£236.6m£2,323£11,474
25North Bedfordshire£223.7m£2,095£11,470
26Basildon and Billericay£194.6m£1,769£11,468
27Maldon£275.5m£2,692£11,460
28Beckenham and Penge£186.3m£1,724£11,459
29Bathgate and Linlithgow£189.9m£2,003£11,454
30South Northamptonshire£233.8m£2,269£11,448
31East Surrey£223.2m£2,194£11,445
32Kenilworth and Southam£251.4m£2,553£11,440
33Horsham£232.0m£2,170£11,437
34Stourbridge£212.7m£2,271£11,435
35South West Hertfordshire£200.6m£1,996£11,432
36Tamworth£226.6m£2,202£11,431
37North West Essex£235.8m£2,176£11,429
38Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard£202.8m£1,765£11,427
39Guildford£183.1m£1,738£11,423
40Mid Bedfordshire£203.0m£1,925£11,416
41North West Leicestershire£225.1m£2,156£11,416
42Chatham and Aylesford£184.4m£1,707£11,415
43Aldridge-Brownhills£233.5m£2,489£11,413
44Airdrie and Shotts£177.4m£1,896£11,413
45Sefton Central£281.2m£3,037£11,409
46East Kilbride and Strathaven£209.6m£2,152£11,408
47Hemel Hempstead£179.5m£1,692£11,408
48Corby and East Northamptonshire£222.8m£1,869£11,405
49Leeds South£137.8m£1,069£11,399
50Kingswinford and South Staffordshire£265.5m£2,939£11,398

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, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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