Rankings

Which areas are highest and lowest?

Each ranking puts every constituency and local authority in order on one measure. The order changes depending on what you count. Total spending, spending per resident and spending per person in the benefit's age group all give different orders. So every table says what it counts.

Spending by benefit

Spending in each year, from DWP area tables, with the Social Security Scotland benefits that replace some of them.

All benefitstotal per resident
Pensioner benefitstotal per resident per person aged 66 and over
Working-age benefitstotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
State Pensiontotal per resident per person aged 66 and over
Pension Credittotal per resident per person aged 66 and over
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal per resident per person aged 66 and over
Winter Fuel Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Paymenttotal per resident per person aged 66 and over
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal per resident
Disability Living Allowance and Child Disability Paymenttotal per resident
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
Universal Credittotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
Housing Benefittotal per resident
Employment and Support Allowancetotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
Jobseeker's Allowancetotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
Income Supporttotal per resident per person aged 16 to 64
Other benefitstotal per resident

People receiving benefits

The number of people claiming in the latest month, per 1,000 people in the age group the benefit is for.

State Pensiontotal per 1,000 residents per 1,000 people aged 66 and over
Pension Credittotal per 1,000 residents per 1,000 people aged 66 and over
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Paymenttotal per 1,000 residents per 1,000 people aged 66 and over
Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Paymenttotal per 1,000 residents
Universal Credittotal per 1,000 residents per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Paymenttotal per 1,000 residents per 1,000 people aged 16 to 64

Income tax only

Income tax paid by residents, estimated from a survey, and benefit spending compared with it in the same year.

Income taxtotal per resident
Benefits and income taxfor each £1 of income tax

Compared with the expected level

Actual spending minus the level we would expect from age, deprivation, pay and nation.

All benefits against expectedper resident
Pensioner benefits against expectedper person aged 66 and over
Working-age benefits against expectedper person aged 16 to 64

Areas with fewer than 1,000 people in the age group have no rank.