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Edmonton and Winchmore Hill has the highest spending on working-age benefits per person aged 16 to 64 in 2023-24.

Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support and Carer's Allowance, with Carer Support Payment in Scotland. Disability benefits are paid at all ages, so they are shown separately. Shown in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared.

Per person aged 16 to 64, low to high

Under £1,254
£1,254 to £1,610
£1,610 to £1,967
£1,967 to £2,323
£2,323 to £2,679
£2,679 and over

Estimated value

Spending on working-age benefits, per person aged 16 to 64, 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.

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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.

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Clacton, Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment: 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: Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
February 2023	£9.9m
Population	+£0.15m
Share claiming	+£1.7m
Payment size	+£0.61m
March 2026	£12.3m

The share claiming is the number of people 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. Scottish areas are left out because Social Security Scotland pays this benefit.

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.

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 working-age benefits, 2023-24. 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 working-age benefits for every constituency, 2023-24
Rank					Notes
1	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	£292.7m	£2,336	£3,658
2	Enfield North	£294.6m	£2,305	£3,595
3	Brent East	£326.5m	£2,406	£3,538
4	Blackpool South	£242.4m	£2,174	£3,471
5	Tottenham	£340.6m	£2,464	£3,443
6	Blackley and Middleton South	£230.1m	£2,012	£3,224
7	Liverpool Walton	£209.8m	£2,046	£3,218
8	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	£240.0m	£1,931	£3,113
9	Bootle	£202.9m	£1,969	£3,105
10	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	£223.5m	£1,966	£3,104
11	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	£253.2m	£2,148	£3,100
12	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	£237.7m	£1,994	£3,096
13	East Thanet	£189.7m	£1,806	£3,056
14	Birkenhead	£203.7m	£1,887	£3,022
15	Birmingham Erdington	£241.3m	£1,936	£3,020
16	Hartlepool	£177.3m	£1,848	£3,020
17	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	£197.6m	£1,833	£3,000
18	Knowsley	£183.3m	£1,887	£2,993
19	Easington	£176.0m	£1,845	£2,992
20	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	£265.5m	£2,140	£2,969
21	Nottingham North and Kimberley	£200.5m	£1,838	£2,967
22	Aberafan Maesteg	£165.5m	£1,795	£2,964
23	Gorton and Denton	£221.3m	£1,886	£2,950
24	Croydon West	£262.5m	£2,042	£2,943
25	Birmingham Northfield	£195.7m	£1,804	£2,936
26	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	£172.9m	£1,815	£2,934
27	Walsall and Bloxwich	£222.8m	£1,828	£2,920
28	Glasgow North East	£232.9m	£2,057	£2,898	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
29	Bolton South and Walkden	£232.6m	£1,812	£2,892
30	Lewisham East	£229.6m	£1,962	£2,882
31	Wolverhampton South East	£225.8m	£1,797	£2,871
32	Liverpool West Derby	£180.8m	£1,810	£2,864
33	Leeds South	£248.7m	£1,929	£2,853
34	Kingston upon Hull East	£182.8m	£1,757	£2,851
35	Barking	£263.2m	£1,902	£2,846
36	Bradford East	£219.4m	£1,790	£2,813
37	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	£158.9m	£1,710	£2,790	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
38	Birmingham Perry Barr	£228.1m	£1,827	£2,789
39	Bradford South	£193.4m	£1,735	£2,785
40	Clacton	£148.2m	£1,457	£2,745
41	Birmingham Yardley	£201.2m	£1,732	£2,741
42	Coventry East	£211.5m	£1,731	£2,731
43	Bradford West	£220.1m	£1,757	£2,710
44	Great Yarmouth	£157.7m	£1,573	£2,700
45	Derby South	£212.9m	£1,734	£2,691
46	Wythenshawe and Sale East	£191.4m	£1,675	£2,689
47	Rhondda and Ogmore	£167.4m	£1,660	£2,679
48	Blackburn	£195.6m	£1,682	£2,678
49	Glasgow East	£193.9m	£1,879	£2,677	Shared out, Estimated, Includes Scottish benefits
50	Southgate and Wood Green	£230.2m	£1,805	£2,671

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, Social Security Scotland, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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