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Bristol Central has the highest spending on State Pension per person aged 66 and over in 2024-25.

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, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected North Devon: £11,399 per person aged 66 and over, 2024-25, 432nd of 631 constituencies.

Per person aged 66 and over, low to high

  1. Under £10,291
  2. £10,291 to £10,636
  3. £10,636 to £10,981
  4. £10,981 to £11,326
  5. £11,326 to £11,671
  6. £11,671 and over
Spending on State Pension, 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

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 1Leeds Central and Headingley 2Northampton South 3Wokingham 4Harpenden and Berkhamsted 5Broxbourne 6Aylesbury 7Hertford and Stortford 8Rayleigh and Wickford 9Redditch 10North Devon 432

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

North Devon, 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.

£252.2mFebruary 2023+£4.2mPopulation+£11.7mShare claiming+£33.0mPayment size£301.1mMarch 2026
What changed: State Pension
February 2023£252.2m
Population+£4.2m
Share claiming+£11.7m
Payment size+£33.0m
March 2026£301.1m
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, 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 State Pension for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Bristol Central£90.7m£896£12,830
2Leeds Central and Headingley£90.5m£781£12,189
3Northampton South£201.7m£1,759£12,162
4Wokingham£221.2m£2,129£12,139
5Harpenden and Berkhamsted£229.6m£2,372£12,139
6Broxbourne£225.0m£2,022£12,133
7Aylesbury£204.6m£1,759£12,055
8Hertford and Stortford£221.8m£1,986£12,054
9Rayleigh and Wickford£258.9m£2,594£12,045
10Redditch£230.4m£2,307£12,034
11Calder Valley£249.1m£2,501£12,028
12St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire£221.0m£1,961£12,027
13St Albans£190.6m£1,866£12,020
14Hinckley and Bosworth£256.9m£2,537£12,014
15Chelmsford£212.4m£1,903£12,013
16Harlow£206.2m£1,774£11,999
17Orpington£218.5m£2,196£11,991
18Beckenham and Penge£198.0m£1,814£11,982
19Stoke-on-Trent Central£196.3m£1,645£11,978
20Chesham and Amersham£249.5m£2,455£11,973
21Brighton Pavilion£135.7m£1,289£11,973
22Tonbridge£244.6m£2,467£11,971
23Mid Buckinghamshire£251.6m£2,434£11,963
24North East Hertfordshire£253.5m£2,403£11,947
25South West Hertfordshire£212.9m£2,103£11,943
26South Northamptonshire£249.1m£2,414£11,939
27East Surrey£236.1m£2,306£11,933
28Kenilworth and Southam£266.4m£2,654£11,931
29York Central£173.3m£1,514£11,927
30North West Essex£252.9m£2,294£11,921
31Basildon and Billericay£206.1m£1,851£11,918
32Hitchin£208.6m£1,986£11,913
33Stretford and Urmston£188.3m£1,779£11,913
34Maldon£293.3m£2,841£11,911
35Gravesham£209.5m£1,893£11,911
36Chatham and Aylesford£195.1m£1,784£11,910
37Guildford£193.6m£1,814£11,909
38Tamworth£240.6m£2,321£11,903
39East Kilbride and Strathaven£224.7m£2,288£11,898
40Bathgate and Linlithgow£202.2m£2,118£11,895
41Stourbridge£224.2m£2,365£11,893
42North Bedfordshire£238.8m£2,208£11,893
43South Leicestershire£258.7m£2,398£11,891
44Mid Bedfordshire£218.5m£2,037£11,889
45Aldridge-Brownhills£243.6m£2,593£11,883
46Sefton Central£296.3m£3,174£11,880
47Leeds South West and Morley£189.3m£1,924£11,877
48Horsham£247.2m£2,274£11,877
49North West Leicestershire£238.8m£2,248£11,877
50Mid Dorset and North Poole£300.4m£3,073£11,875

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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