How does my area compare?

Blackpool South has the highest benefit spending for each £1 of income tax (income tax only) in 2023-24.

How many pounds of benefits went to people in the area for each £1 of income tax that residents paid in the same year. This is income tax only.

For each £1 of income tax, low to high

Under £0.71
£0.71 to £1.18
£1.18 to £1.64
£1.64 to £2.10
£2.10 to £2.57
£2.57 and over

Estimated value

Benefit spending for each £1 of income tax paid in the same year, for each £1 of income tax, 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

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Edmonton and Winchmore Hill, 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	£158.3m
Population	+£4.4m
Share claiming	+£12.3m
Payment size	+£17.8m
March 2026	£192.8m

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?

Benefit spending per resident, 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 = −£880 + £1,417 × share aged 0 to 15 + £9,950 × share aged 66 and over − £207 × deprivation decile + £391 × ln(median pay) + £506 × Wales + £250 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 625 constituencies. R² = 0.84. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

Benefit spending for each £1 of income tax paid in the same year, 2023-24. Rank is for for each £1 of income tax, 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.

Benefit spending for each £1 of income tax paid in the same year for every constituency, 2023-24
Rank			Notes
1	Blackpool South	£3.76	Survey estimate
2	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	£3.72	Survey estimate
3	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	£3.63	Survey estimate
4	Birmingham Perry Barr	£3.60	Survey estimate
5	Bradford West	£3.54	Survey estimate
6	Birmingham Erdington	£3.38	Survey estimate
7	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	£3.35	Survey estimate
8	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	£3.22	Survey estimate
9	Liverpool Walton	£3.18	Survey estimate
10	Kingston upon Hull East	£3.17	Survey estimate
11	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	£3.16	Survey estimate
12	Rhondda and Ogmore	£3.07	Survey estimate
13	Swansea West	£3.04	Survey estimate
14	Walsall and Bloxwich	£3.03	Survey estimate
15	Easington	£2.99	Survey estimate
16	Glasgow North East	£2.96	Shared out, Estimated, Survey estimate, Includes Scottish benefits
17	Stoke-on-Trent Central	£2.95	Survey estimate
18	Clacton	£2.93	Survey estimate
19	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	£2.91	Survey estimate
20	Birmingham Yardley	£2.89	Survey estimate
21	Tipton and Wednesbury	£2.87	Survey estimate
22	Knowsley	£2.87	Survey estimate
23	Aberafan Maesteg	£2.86	Survey estimate
24	Bradford South	£2.86	Survey estimate
25	Burnley	£2.81	Survey estimate
26	Wolverhampton South East	£2.77	Survey estimate
27	Bradford East	£2.77	Survey estimate
28	Liverpool Riverside	£2.74	Survey estimate
29	Bootle	£2.74	Survey estimate
30	Redcar	£2.72	Survey estimate
31	Nottingham North and Kimberley	£2.70	Survey estimate
32	Jarrow and Gateshead East	£2.63	Survey estimate
33	Liverpool West Derby	£2.63	Survey estimate
34	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	£2.63	Survey estimate
35	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	£2.62	Survey estimate
36	Blyth and Ashington	£2.62	Survey estimate
37	Bolton South and Walkden	£2.62	Survey estimate
38	Leicester East	£2.61	Survey estimate
39	Sheffield South East	£2.60	Survey estimate
40	Hyndburn	£2.60	Survey estimate
41	Boston and Skegness	£2.59	Survey estimate
42	Lowestoft	£2.59	Survey estimate
43	Blackley and Middleton South	£2.58	Survey estimate
44	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	£2.57	Survey estimate
45	Blackburn	£2.56	Survey estimate
46	Great Yarmouth	£2.56	Survey estimate
47	Llanelli	£2.55	Survey estimate
48	Clwyd North	£2.55	Survey estimate
49	Sheffield Heeley	£2.54	Survey estimate
50	Dudley	£2.51	Survey estimate

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are for each £1 of income tax unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Scotland, HM Revenue and Customs.

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