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Edmonton and Winchmore Hill has the highest spending on Universal Credit per person aged 16 to 64 in 2024-25.

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Spending on Universal Credit, per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, by constituency

Selected North Norfolk: £1,397 per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, 382nd of 632 constituencies.

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

  1. Under £1,135
  2. £1,135 to £1,480
  3. £1,480 to £1,825
  4. £1,825 to £2,169
  5. £2,169 to £2,514
  6. £2,514 and over
Spending on Universal Credit, per person aged 16 to 64, 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

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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 641632Edmonton and Winchmore Hill 1Enfield North 2Brent East 3Hackney North and Stoke Newington 4Tottenham 5Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 6Blackpool South 7Blackley and Middleton South 8Birmingham Erdington 9Queen's Park and Maida Vale 10North Norfolk 382

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

North Norfolk, Universal Credit: yearly spending at the rate in May 2023 and in May 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.

£45.3mMay 2023−£0.75mPopulation+£25.9mShare claiming+£10.1mPayment size£80.5mMay 2026
What changed: Universal Credit
May 2023£45.3m
Population−£0.75m
Share claiming+£25.9m
Payment size+£10.1m
May 2026£80.5m
The share claiming is the number of households claiming per person aged 16 to 64. 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 Universal Credit, 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 Universal Credit for every constituency, 2024-25
RankNotes
1Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£318.3m£2,544£3,991
2Enfield North£325.0m£2,549£3,978
3Brent East£355.5m£2,592£3,812
4Hackney North and Stoke Newington£305.1m£2,599£3,775
5Tottenham£363.2m£2,624£3,676
6Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North£245.6m£1,958£3,140
7Blackpool South£212.2m£1,885£3,011
8Blackley and Middleton South£216.2m£1,874£3,007
9Birmingham Erdington£233.0m£1,846£2,891
10Queen's Park and Maida Vale£258.3m£2,072£2,884
11Lewisham East£230.1m£1,953£2,864
12Liverpool Walton£185.1m£1,807£2,862
13Croydon West£262.5m£1,989£2,860
14East Thanet£180.1m£1,695£2,859
15Barking£273.0m£1,916£2,857
16Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough£208.3m£1,806£2,839
17Birmingham Northfield£189.3m£1,731£2,821
18Birmingham Yardley£209.4m£1,777£2,807
19Birmingham Perry Barr£230.3m£1,838£2,803
20East Ham£263.2m£1,929£2,801
21Bradford East£220.7m£1,781£2,792
22Gorton and Denton£211.7m£1,777£2,777
23Southgate and Wood Green£235.9m£1,848£2,748
24Walsall and Bloxwich£216.7m£1,732£2,746
25Ealing North£244.4m£1,817£2,714
26Nottingham North and Kimberley£184.7m£1,681£2,705
27Middlesbrough and Thornaby East£210.3m£1,735£2,688
28Bradford West£221.7m£1,744£2,685
29Bootle£177.0m£1,697£2,684
30Bradford South£185.9m£1,657£2,665
31Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£175.7m£1,623£2,665
32Leeds South£238.7m£1,806£2,663
33Hartlepool£159.0m£1,620£2,651
34Wolverhampton South East£212.8m£1,658£2,643
35Bolton South and Walkden£215.2m£1,650£2,626
36Bethnal Green and Stepney£268.3m£1,992£2,594
37Birkenhead£177.5m£1,616£2,579
38Easington£151.1m£1,570£2,556
39Knowsley£158.8m£1,603£2,551
40Erith and Thamesmead£241.3m£1,728£2,541
41Kingston upon Hull East£162.4m£1,557£2,532
42Birmingham Ladywood£309.9m£1,857£2,531
43Finchley and Golders Green£207.7m£1,598£2,513
44Hendon£235.7m£1,692£2,508
45Blackburn£187.4m£1,575£2,503
46Derby South£203.2m£1,620£2,503
47Coventry East£199.1m£1,589£2,496
48Southend East and Rochford£158.7m£1,554£2,489
49Clacton£135.7m£1,317£2,480
50Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton£182.7m£1,554£2,479

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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