Rankings · Income Support

Spending on Income Support, per resident

An older benefit for people on a low income. Universal Credit has mostly replaced it.^1-6

Rank 1 is the highest value. Money is in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be comparedcash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Some areas have no rank. This is because fewer than 1,000 people are in the age group, the source does not publish the figure, or it covers only some benefits.

Same measure, counted another way total · per person aged 16 to 64

Area type

ConstituenciesLocal authorities

Prices

Adjusted for inflation (GDP deflator)Adjusted for inflation (CPI)Cash, not adjusted

Money in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be comparedcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

632 constituencies ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £4.38£4.39£4.15 per resident

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Income Support, per resident, 2024-25, constituencies
		Region
1	Sheffield Brightside and HillsboroughHighest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£15£15£14
2	Glasgow North EastHighest 10	Scotland	£15£15£14
3	Liverpool WaltonHighest 10	North West	£14£14£13
4	Aberafan MaestegHighest 10	Wales	£12
5	Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastHighest 10	North East	£12£12£11
6	Sheffield HeeleyHighest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£12£12£11
7	Tipton and WednesburyHighest 10	West Midlands	£11
8	BirkenheadHighest 10	North West	£11£11£10
9	Glenrothes and Mid FifeHighest 10	Scotland	£11£11£10
10	Liverpool RiversideHighest 10	North West	£11£11£10
11	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	£10£10£9.87
12	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£10£10£9.81
13	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	£10£10£9.80
14	Knowsley	North West	£10£10£9.62
15	Liverpool West Derby	North West	£9.84£9.88£9.34
16	Glasgow South West	Scotland	£9.82£9.86£9.32
17	Redcar	North East	£9.70£9.74£9.20
18	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	£9.70£9.74£9.20
19	Glasgow West	Scotland	£9.66£9.70£9.16
20	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	£9.59£9.63£9.10
21	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.57£9.61£9.08
22	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	£9.49£9.53£9.00
23	Liverpool Garston	North West	£9.35£9.39£8.87
24	Glasgow East	Scotland	£9.30£9.33£8.82
25	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	£9.28£9.32£8.81
26	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	£9.24£9.28£8.77
27	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	£9.23£9.27£8.75
28	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£9.18£9.22£8.71
29	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	£9.10£9.14£8.63
30	Bootle	North West	£9.01£9.05£8.55
31	Sunderland Central	North East	£9.01£9.05£8.55
32	Holborn and St Pancras	London	£8.94£8.97£8.48
33	Easington	North East	£8.83£8.87£8.38
34	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.76£8.80£8.31
35	Islington North	London	£8.66£8.70£8.21
36	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	£8.65£8.69£8.20
37	Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	£8.60£8.64£8.16
38	Stockton North	North East	£8.59£8.63£8.15
39	Blackpool South	North West	£8.59£8.62£8.14
40	South Shields	North East	£8.53£8.56£8.09
41	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.51£8.55£8.07
42	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	£8.50£8.54£8.07
43	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.44£8.48£8.01
44	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	£8.40£8.44£7.97
45	Clwyd North	Wales	£8.39£8.43£7.96
46	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.36£8.40£7.93
47	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	£8.34£8.38£7.91
48	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	£8.30£8.34£7.88
49	Islington South and Finsbury	London	£8.28£8.31£7.85
50	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.23£8.26£7.80
51	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	£8.19£8.23£7.77
52	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	£8.10£8.13£7.68
53	Nottingham South	East Midlands	£8.07£8.10£7.65
54	Plymouth Moor View	South West	£8.02£8.05£7.60
55	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	£8.01£8.04£7.59
56	Hartlepool	North East	£7.97£8.01£7.56
57	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	£7.92£7.95£7.51
58	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	£7.91£7.94£7.50
59	Lewisham East	London	£7.79£7.82£7.39
60	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	£7.79£7.82£7.39
61	Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	£7.78£7.82£7.38
62	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	£7.71£7.74£7.31
63	Blyth and Ashington	North East	£7.65£7.68£7.26
64	St Helens North	North West	£7.60£7.63£7.21
65	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	£7.60£7.63£7.21
66	Bishop Auckland	North East	£7.54£7.58£7.15
67	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	£7.53£7.56£7.14
68	Glasgow South	Scotland	£7.51£7.55£7.13
69	Tottenham	London	£7.49£7.52£7.10
70	Bristol South	South West	£7.38£7.42£7.00
71	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	£7.36£7.39£6.98
72	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	£7.36£7.39£6.98
73	Llanelli	Wales	£7.34£7.37£6.97
74	Glasgow North	Scotland	£7.30£7.33£6.92
75	Dudley	West Midlands	£7.28£7.31£6.91
76	Caerphilly	Wales	£7.27£7.30£6.90
77	Wallasey	North West	£7.27£7.30£6.90
78	Torfaen	Wales	£7.26£7.29£6.89
79	Dundee Central	Scotland	£7.26£7.29£6.89
80	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.15£7.18£6.78
81	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	£7.13£7.16£6.76
82	Ashfield	East Midlands	£7.12£7.15£6.76
83	Smethwick	West Midlands	£7.09£7.12£6.72
84	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	£7.09£7.12£6.72
85	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	£7.08£7.11£6.72
86	Telford	West Midlands	£7.01£7.03£6.64
87	Barking	London	£6.98£7.01£6.62
88	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	£6.91£6.94£6.55
89	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.87£6.90£6.51
90	West Ham and Beckton	London	£6.85£6.88£6.50
91	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	£6.85£6.88£6.50
92	Swansea West	Wales	£6.83£6.86£6.48
93	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	£6.80£6.83£6.45
94	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.80£6.83£6.45
95	West Bromwich	West Midlands	£6.76£6.79£6.41
96	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.76£6.79£6.41
97	Coventry East	West Midlands	£6.74£6.77£6.39
98	Brent East	London	£6.74£6.76£6.39
99	Enfield North	London	£6.72£6.74£6.37
100	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	£6.70£6.73£6.36
101	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	£6.66£6.69£6.32
102	Leicester West	East Midlands	£6.60£6.63£6.26
103	Cardiff East	Wales	£6.59£6.62£6.25
104	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	£6.58£6.61£6.25
105	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	£6.49£6.52£6.16
106	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.42£6.44£6.09
107	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£6.41£6.44£6.08
108	Clacton	East of England	£6.39£6.41£6.06
109	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.34£6.37£6.01
110	Blackburn	North West	£6.34£6.37£6.01
111	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	£6.30£6.33£5.98
112	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	£6.28£6.30£5.95
113	Isle of Wight West	South East	£6.27£6.30£5.95
114	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.27£6.29£5.94
115	Rutherglen	Scotland	£6.26£6.29£5.94
116	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	£6.20£6.23£5.88
117	Wrexham	Wales	£6.19£6.22£5.87
118	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£6.19£6.22£5.87
119	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	£6.19£6.21£5.87
120	Rochdale	North West	£6.18£6.20£5.86
121	Falkirk	Scotland	£6.16£6.19£5.84
122	Havant	South East	£6.15£6.17£5.83
123	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	£6.11£6.13£5.79
124	Erith and Thamesmead	London	£6.10£6.12£5.78
125	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	£6.08£6.11£5.77
126	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	£6.07£6.10£5.76
127	Bolsover	East Midlands	£6.06£6.09£5.75
128	Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	£6.06£6.09£5.75
129	Putney	London	£6.02£6.04£5.71
130	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	£6.00£6.03£5.69
131	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	£6.00£6.03£5.69
132	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	£5.99£6.01£5.68
133	Ynys Môn	Wales	£5.99£6.01£5.68
134	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	£5.98£6.01£5.67
135	Bolton North East	North West	£5.95£5.98£5.65
136	Pontypridd	Wales	£5.93£5.95£5.62
137	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£5.92£5.95£5.62
138	Derby South	East Midlands	£5.92£5.94£5.61
139	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	£5.91£5.93£5.60
140	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	£5.90£5.92£5.59
141	Mansfield	East Midlands	£5.90£5.92£5.59
142	Stratford and Bow	London	£5.89£5.91£5.59
143	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£5.87£5.90£5.57
144	Livingston	Scotland	£5.87£5.89£5.57
145	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	£5.86£5.88£5.56
146	Dagenham and Rainham	London	£5.85£5.88£5.55
147	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	£5.85£5.88£5.55
148	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	£5.85£5.87£5.55
149	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£5.80£5.82£5.50
150	Poplar and Limehouse	London	£5.78£5.80£5.48
151	Ipswich	East of England	£5.77£5.80£5.48
152	Cardiff West	Wales	£5.77£5.79£5.47
153	Salford	North West	£5.76£5.78£5.46
154	Nottingham East	East Midlands	£5.72£5.75£5.43
155	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.72£5.74£5.42
156	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	£5.70£5.72£5.40
157	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.69£5.71£5.40
158	Newport East	Wales	£5.67£5.69£5.38
159	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.66£5.68£5.37
160	Bristol East	South West	£5.64£5.67£5.35
161	City of Durham	North East	£5.64£5.67£5.35
162	Isle of Wight East	South East	£5.63£5.65£5.34
163	Preston	North West	£5.62£5.65£5.33
164	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	£5.60£5.63£5.31
165	Hampstead and Highgate	London	£5.60£5.62£5.31
166	East Thanet	South East	£5.54£5.56£5.26
167	East Ham	London	£5.53£5.55£5.25
168	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	£5.53£5.55£5.25
169	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	£5.52£5.54£5.23
170	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	£5.51£5.53£5.23
171	Walthamstow	London	£5.51£5.53£5.22
172	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£5.50£5.52£5.22
173	North Durham	North East	£5.50£5.52£5.21
174	Widnes and Halewood	North West	£5.48£5.51£5.20
175	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	£5.41£5.43£5.13
176	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.40£5.42£5.12
177	Mid Cheshire	North West	£5.40£5.42£5.12
178	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	£5.39£5.41£5.11
179	Leicester East	East Midlands	£5.38£5.41£5.11
180	Lewisham North	London	£5.38£5.41£5.11
181	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	£5.38£5.40£5.10
182	Canterbury	South East	£5.36£5.38£5.08
183	Torbay	South West	£5.35£5.37£5.08
184	Hastings and Rye	South East	£5.35£5.37£5.08
185	Derby North	East Midlands	£5.34£5.37£5.07
186	Blaydon and Consett	North East	£5.34£5.36£5.06
187	Bridgend	Wales	£5.33£5.35£5.05
188	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	£5.28£5.30£5.00
189	Bristol North West	South West	£5.27£5.30£5.00
190	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	£5.26£5.29£4.99
191	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	£5.26£5.28£4.99
192	Peterborough	East of England	£5.25£5.28£4.98
193	Ealing North	London	£5.24£5.26£4.97
194	Worsley and Eccles	North West	£5.23£5.25£4.96
195	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.21£5.24£4.95
196	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	£5.21£5.23£4.94
197	Darlington	North East	£5.20£5.23£4.94
198	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	£5.20£5.22£4.93
199	Tamworth	West Midlands	£5.15£5.17£4.89
200	Luton North	East of England	£5.10£5.13£4.84
201	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	£5.10£5.12£4.84
202	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	£5.09£5.11£4.83
203	The Wrekin	West Midlands	£5.09£5.11£4.82
204	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	£5.08£5.10£4.82
205	Halesowen	West Midlands	£5.07£5.09£4.80
206	Gravesham	South East	£5.04£5.07£4.79
207	Stockport	North West	£5.03£5.05£4.77
208	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	£5.02£5.04£4.76
209	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£5.02£5.04£4.76
210	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.01£5.03£4.75
211	Ashford	South East	£5.00£5.03£4.75
212	Bury South	North West	£4.99£5.01£4.74
213	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	£4.98£5.00£4.72
214	Stretford and Urmston	North West	£4.97£4.99£4.72
215	Eastbourne	South East	£4.96£4.99£4.71
216	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	£4.95£4.97£4.69
217	Portsmouth North	South East	£4.95£4.97£4.69
218	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	£4.95£4.97£4.69
219	South Devon	South West	£4.94£4.96£4.69
220	Lowestoft	East of England	£4.93£4.95£4.68
221	Clwyd East	Wales	£4.93£4.95£4.68
222	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	£4.91£4.93£4.66
223	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.91£4.93£4.66
224	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.91£4.93£4.66
225	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.90£4.92£4.65
226	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	£4.90£4.92£4.64
227	Peckham	London	£4.89£4.91£4.64
228	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	£4.86£4.88£4.61
229	Battersea	London	£4.85£4.87£4.60
230	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	£4.83£4.85£4.58
231	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	£4.83£4.85£4.58
232	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.82£4.84£4.57
233	Gosport	South East	£4.81£4.83£4.56
234	Rochester and Strood	South East	£4.80£4.82£4.55
235	Makerfield	North West	£4.78£4.80£4.54
236	Camborne and Redruth	South West	£4.78£4.80£4.54
237	Leicester South	East Midlands	£4.76£4.78£4.52
238	Hyndburn	North West	£4.75£4.77£4.50
239	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£4.74£4.76£4.50
240	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£4.74£4.76£4.50
241	Orpington	London	£4.74£4.76£4.50
242	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	£4.73£4.75£4.49
243	Lincoln	East Midlands	£4.71£4.73£4.47
244	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	£4.70£4.72£4.46
245	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	£4.70£4.72£4.46
246	Dover and Deal	South East	£4.68£4.70£4.44
247	Manchester Rusholme	North West	£4.64£4.66£4.41
248	Hayes and Harlington	London	£4.63£4.65£4.39
249	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£4.62£4.64£4.38
250	St Austell and Newquay	South West	£4.62£4.64£4.38
251	Gainsborough	East Midlands	£4.60£4.62£4.36
252	Northampton North	East Midlands	£4.58£4.60£4.34
253	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	£4.58£4.60£4.34
254	Stevenage	East of England	£4.56£4.58£4.32
255	Burnley	North West	£4.54£4.56£4.31
256	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£4.54£4.55£4.30
257	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	£4.53£4.55£4.30
258	Croydon East	London	£4.52£4.54£4.29
259	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.49£4.51£4.26
260	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scotland	£4.48£4.50£4.25
261	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	£4.47£4.49£4.24
262	Croydon West	London	£4.46£4.48£4.23
263	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	£4.44£4.46£4.21
264	Streatham and Croydon North	London	£4.38£4.40£4.15
265	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	£4.37£4.39£4.15
266	Erewash	East Midlands	£4.34£4.36£4.12
267	Portsmouth South	South East	£4.34£4.36£4.12
268	Leigh and Atherton	North West	£4.30£4.31£4.08
269	West Lancashire	North West	£4.30£4.31£4.07
270	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	£4.29£4.31£4.07
271	Tooting	London	£4.27£4.29£4.05
272	Colchester	East of England	£4.26£4.28£4.04
273	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	£4.21£4.22£3.99
274	Southampton Test	South East	£4.19£4.21£3.98
275	Coventry South	West Midlands	£4.19£4.21£3.98
276	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	£4.19£4.21£3.97
277	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	£4.17£4.18£3.95
278	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	£4.15£4.17£3.94
279	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	£4.13£4.15£3.92
280	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.12£4.14£3.91
281	Carlisle	North West	£4.11£4.13£3.90
282	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.09£4.11£3.88
283	Redditch	West Midlands	£4.09£4.10£3.88
284	Barrow and Furness	North West	£4.09£4.10£3.88
285	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£4.08£4.10£3.87
286	North West Norfolk	East of England	£4.08£4.10£3.87
287	Carshalton and Wallington	London	£4.08£4.09£3.87
288	Gorton and Denton	North West	£4.07£4.09£3.86
289	St Ives	South West	£4.07£4.09£3.86
290	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	£4.07£4.09£3.86
291	Norwich South	East of England	£4.07£4.08£3.86
292	Gower	Wales	£4.06£4.08£3.86
293	Ilford South	London	£4.06£4.08£3.85
294	Ilford North	London	£4.04£4.06£3.84
295	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	£4.03£4.05£3.83
296	Weald of Kent	South East	£4.03£4.05£3.82
297	North Shropshire	West Midlands	£4.03£4.04£3.82
298	Manchester Central	North West	£4.02£4.04£3.82
299	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.02£4.04£3.81
300	Ealing Southall	London	£4.01£4.03£3.80
301	Gedling	East Midlands	£4.01£4.02£3.80
302	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	£3.99£4.01£3.78
303	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.97£3.99£3.77
304	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	£3.94£3.96£3.74
305	Southampton Itchen	South East	£3.94£3.95£3.74
306	Southgate and Wood Green	London	£3.92£3.94£3.72
307	South Dorset	South West	£3.90£3.91£3.70
308	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	£3.89£3.91£3.69
309	Bury North	North West	£3.87£3.89£3.67
310	Stourbridge	West Midlands	£3.84£3.86£3.65
311	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	£3.83£3.85£3.63
312	Bournemouth West	South West	£3.83£3.85£3.63
313	Bristol North East	South West	£3.81£3.83£3.62
314	Wigan	North West	£3.81£3.83£3.61
315	Coventry North West	West Midlands	£3.79£3.80£3.59
316	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	£3.78£3.79£3.58
317	Mitcham and Morden	London	£3.77£3.79£3.58
318	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	£3.76£3.78£3.57
319	Caerfyrddin	Wales	£3.76£3.77£3.56
320	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	£3.75£3.77£3.56
321	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	£3.74£3.75£3.55
322	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	£3.74£3.75£3.55
323	Nuneaton	West Midlands	£3.73£3.74£3.53
324	Kensington and Bayswater	London	£3.72£3.74£3.53
325	North East Fife	Scotland	£3.72£3.73£3.53
326	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	£3.72£3.73£3.53
327	Chelsea and Fulham	London	£3.71£3.73£3.52
328	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	£3.70£3.72£3.51
329	Milton Keynes Central	South East	£3.70£3.72£3.51
330	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	£3.70£3.72£3.51
331	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.69£3.71£3.50
332	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.67£3.69£3.48
333	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.67£3.68£3.48
334	North Cornwall	South West	£3.66£3.67£3.47
335	Chester North and Neston	North West	£3.65£3.67£3.46
336	Northampton South	East Midlands	£3.65£3.67£3.46
337	Aberdeen North	Scotland	£3.64£3.66£3.46
338	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	£3.63£3.65£3.44
339	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	£3.62£3.64£3.44
340	Feltham and Heston	London	£3.61£3.63£3.43
341	Lewes	South East	£3.60£3.62£3.41
342	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	£3.59£3.61£3.41
343	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	£3.57£3.59£3.39
344	Gloucester	South West	£3.57£3.59£3.39
345	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	£3.57£3.58£3.38
346	Ealing Central and Acton	London	£3.55£3.56£3.37
347	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	£3.54£3.55£3.36
348	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	£3.54£3.55£3.36
349	Norwich North	East of England	£3.52£3.54£3.34
350	Cardiff North	Wales	£3.52£3.53£3.34
351	Chipping Barnet	London	£3.51£3.53£3.33
352	Tynemouth	North East	£3.49£3.51£3.31
353	Leyton and Wanstead	London	£3.47£3.49£3.30
354	Crawley	South East	£3.45£3.47£3.27
355	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	£3.44£3.46£3.26
356	Spelthorne	South East	£3.44£3.46£3.26
357	Epping Forest	East of England	£3.43£3.44£3.25
358	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	£3.43£3.44£3.25
359	South East Cornwall	South West	£3.41£3.42£3.23
360	Thurrock	East of England	£3.41£3.42£3.23
361	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.39£3.41£3.22
362	Oxford East	South East	£3.38£3.40£3.21
363	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	£3.38£3.39£3.21
364	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£3.37£3.39£3.20
365	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£3.34£3.36£3.17
366	Lichfield	West Midlands	£3.34£3.36£3.17
367	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£3.32£3.33£3.15
368	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	£3.31£3.32£3.14
369	Dartford	South East	£3.30£3.32£3.13
370	Warrington North	North West	£3.30£3.32£3.13
371	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	£3.29£3.30£3.12
372	Bedford	East of England	£3.29£3.30£3.12
373	Edinburgh West	Scotland	£3.29£3.30£3.12
374	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	£3.29£3.30£3.12
375	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	£3.27£3.29£3.11
376	Hove and Portslade	South East	£3.27£3.28£3.10
377	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£3.24£3.25£3.07
378	Midlothian	Scotland	£3.22£3.23£3.06
379	Sevenoaks	South East	£3.22£3.23£3.05
380	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	£3.21£3.22£3.04
381	Stafford	West Midlands	£3.21£3.22£3.04
382	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	£3.18£3.20£3.02
383	Worcester	West Midlands	£3.18£3.19£3.01
384	South West Wiltshire	South West	£3.17£3.18£3.01
385	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	£3.16£3.18£3.00
386	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	£3.15£3.16£2.99
387	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£3.15£3.16£2.98
388	Penrith and Solway	North West	£3.15£3.16£2.98
389	South West Norfolk	East of England	£3.14£3.15£2.97
390	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	£3.13£3.15£2.97
391	Edinburgh South	Scotland	£3.13£3.15£2.97
392	Kettering	East Midlands	£3.13£3.14£2.97
393	Newark	East Midlands	£3.13£3.14£2.97
394	Hazel Grove	North West	£3.13£3.14£2.97
395	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	£3.12£3.14£2.96
396	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	£3.12£3.14£2.96
397	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£3.12£3.13£2.96
398	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	£3.12£3.13£2.96
399	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	£3.11£3.13£2.95
400	Cities of London and Westminster	London	£3.11£3.12£2.95
401	Chelmsford	East of England	£3.11£3.12£2.95
402	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	£3.11£3.12£2.95
403	Harlow	East of England	£3.09£3.10£2.93
404	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	£3.08£3.10£2.93
405	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	£3.08£3.09£2.92
406	Maldon	East of England	£3.07£3.09£2.91
407	Stockton West	North East	£3.07£3.09£2.91
408	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.06£3.08£2.91
409	Newton Abbot	South West	£3.06£3.08£2.91
410	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£3.06£3.07£2.90
411	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.04£3.05£2.88
412	Sefton Central	North West	£3.04£3.05£2.88
413	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	£3.03£3.05£2.88
414	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	£3.03£3.04£2.87
415	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	£3.01£3.03£2.86
416	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.01£3.02£2.86
417	Weston-super-Mare	South West	£3.00£3.02£2.85
418	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	£2.99£3.00£2.84
419	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	£2.99£3.00£2.83
420	Finchley and Golders Green	London	£2.98£2.99£2.83
421	Truro and Falmouth	South West	£2.98£2.99£2.83
422	North Norfolk	East of England	£2.97£2.98£2.81
423	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	£2.96£2.97£2.81
424	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.96£2.97£2.80
425	Hendon	London	£2.93£2.94£2.78
426	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	£2.93£2.94£2.77
427	North Bedfordshire	East of England	£2.91£2.93£2.76
428	Yeovil	South West	£2.90£2.92£2.75
429	Huntingdon	East of England	£2.89£2.91£2.75
430	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.89£2.91£2.74
431	Wycombe	South East	£2.89£2.90£2.74
432	Wirral West	North West	£2.89£2.90£2.74
433	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.88£2.90£2.74
434	Tonbridge	South East	£2.88£2.89£2.73
435	Swindon North	South West	£2.87£2.88£2.72
436	Croydon South	London	£2.86£2.88£2.72
437	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.84£2.86£2.70
438	High Peak	East Midlands	£2.84£2.85£2.69
439	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	£2.83£2.84£2.69
440	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	£2.82£2.83£2.67
441	Central Devon	South West	£2.81£2.83£2.67
442	Bexhill and Battle	South East	£2.81£2.82£2.66
443	Broxbourne	East of England	£2.81£2.82£2.66
444	Witham	East of England	£2.79£2.81£2.65
445	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	£2.78£2.79£2.64
446	Bolton West	North West	£2.77£2.78£2.63
447	New Forest East	South East	£2.75£2.76£2.61
448	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	£2.74£2.75£2.59
449	Thornbury and Yate	South West	£2.73£2.74£2.59
450	Lothian East	Scotland	£2.72£2.73£2.58
451	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	£2.71£2.73£2.57
452	Kingston and Surbiton	London	£2.71£2.72£2.57
453	Romford	London	£2.68£2.69£2.54
454	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	£2.68£2.69£2.54
455	Brentford and Isleworth	London	£2.67£2.68£2.53
456	Chorley	North West	£2.67£2.68£2.53
457	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	£2.66£2.67£2.52
458	Monmouthshire	Wales	£2.65£2.67£2.52
459	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£2.65£2.66£2.51
460	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.65£2.66£2.51
461	North Northumberland	North East	£2.63£2.64£2.49
462	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	£2.62£2.63£2.49
463	Basingstoke	South East	£2.62£2.63£2.48
464	Slough	South East	£2.61£2.63£2.48
465	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£2.58£2.59£2.45
466	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	£2.58£2.59£2.44
467	Forest of Dean	South West	£2.57£2.58£2.43
468	Beckenham and Penge	London	£2.57£2.58£2.43
469	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.56£2.57£2.43
470	Milton Keynes North	South East	£2.55£2.56£2.42
471	Melksham and Devizes	South West	£2.52£2.53£2.39
472	Southport	North West	£2.51£2.52£2.38
473	Chichester	South East	£2.50£2.51£2.37
474	North Devon	South West	£2.48£2.49£2.35
475	North Dorset	South West	£2.48£2.49£2.35
476	Loughborough	East Midlands	£2.45£2.46£2.33
477	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	£2.45£2.46£2.32
478	Castle Point	East of England	£2.44£2.46£2.32
479	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£2.42£2.43£2.29
480	Christchurch	South West	£2.42£2.43£2.29
481	Swindon South	South West	£2.41£2.42£2.29
482	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£2.41£2.42£2.28
483	Worthing West	South East	£2.40£2.41£2.28
484	Maidstone and Malling	South East	£2.40£2.41£2.27
485	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	£2.40£2.41£2.27
486	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£2.38£2.39£2.26
487	Chippenham	South West	£2.37£2.38£2.25
488	Exeter	South West	£2.37£2.38£2.24
489	Poole	South West	£2.36£2.37£2.23
490	East Surrey	South East	£2.35£2.36£2.23
491	Reading Central	South East	£2.35£2.36£2.22
492	West Suffolk	East of England	£2.34£2.35£2.22
493	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	£2.34£2.35£2.22
494	Hitchin	East of England	£2.34£2.35£2.22
495	Esher and Walton	South East	£2.34£2.35£2.22
496	Taunton and Wellington	South West	£2.33£2.34£2.21
497	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	£2.31£2.32£2.19
498	Brighton Pavilion	South East	£2.31£2.32£2.19
499	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	£2.30£2.31£2.18
500	Bridgwater	South West	£2.30£2.31£2.18
501	Cheltenham	South West	£2.29£2.30£2.18
502	Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	£2.28£2.29£2.17
503	Hexham	North East	£2.26£2.27£2.15
504	Hertsmere	East of England	£2.26£2.27£2.14
505	East Hampshire	South East	£2.26£2.27£2.14
506	Fylde	North West	£2.26£2.27£2.14
507	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	£2.25£2.26£2.13
508	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	£2.24£2.25£2.13
509	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	£2.22£2.23£2.11
510	South Suffolk	East of England	£2.21£2.22£2.10
511	Bournemouth East	South West	£2.21£2.22£2.09
512	Brent West	London	£2.21£2.22£2.09
513	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	£2.20£2.21£2.09
514	North West Hampshire	South East	£2.20£2.21£2.08
515	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	£2.19£2.20£2.08
516	Braintree	East of England	£2.19£2.20£2.08
517	Warrington South	North West	£2.19£2.19£2.07
518	Aylesbury	South East	£2.16£2.17£2.05
519	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	£2.15£2.16£2.04
520	South Shropshire	West Midlands	£2.14£2.15£2.03
521	Tewkesbury	South West	£2.14£2.15£2.03
522	Woking	South East	£2.14£2.15£2.03
523	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£2.13£2.14£2.02
524	South West Devon	South West	£2.13£2.14£2.02
525	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	£2.13£2.14£2.02
526	Earley and Woodley	South East	£2.12£2.13£2.01
527	Watford	East of England	£2.12£2.12£2.01
528	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	East of England	£2.10£2.11£2.00
529	Manchester Withington	North West	£2.10£2.11£1.99
530	Harrow West	London	£2.10£2.11£1.99
531	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	£2.09£2.10£1.98
532	Cheadle	North West	£2.08£2.08£1.97
533	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£2.06£2.07£1.96
534	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2.05£2.06£1.94
535	Waveney Valley	East of England	£2.04£2.05£1.93
536	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.04£2.05£1.93
537	Mid Norfolk	East of England	£2.03£2.04£1.93
538	West Dorset	South West	£2.03£2.04£1.93
539	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2.03£2.04£1.93
540	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	£2.00£2.01£1.90
541	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.99£2.00£1.89
542	Guildford	South East	£1.99£2.00£1.89
543	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£1.98£1.99£1.88
544	Dorking and Horley	South East	£1.96£1.97£1.86
545	Richmond Park	London	£1.96£1.97£1.86
546	Winchester	South East	£1.94£1.95£1.84
547	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	£1.92£1.93£1.82
548	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1.91£1.92£1.81
549	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	£1.91£1.92£1.81
550	Rugby	West Midlands	£1.91£1.91£1.81
551	Honiton and Sidmouth	South West	£1.89£1.90£1.80
552	Harrow East	London	£1.89£1.90£1.79
553	Banbury	South East	£1.88£1.89£1.78
554	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	£1.88£1.88£1.78
555	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	£1.87£1.88£1.77
556	Beaconsfield	South East	£1.87£1.87£1.77
557	Frome and East Somerset	South West	£1.87£1.87£1.77
558	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	£1.87£1.87£1.77
559	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	£1.83£1.84£1.74
560	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1.81£1.82£1.72
561	East Wiltshire	South West	£1.80£1.81£1.71
562	Aberdeen South	Scotland	£1.80£1.81£1.71
563	Daventry	East Midlands	£1.80£1.81£1.71
564	St Albans	East of England	£1.80£1.81£1.71
565	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	£1.79£1.80£1.70
566	Aldershot	South East	£1.79£1.80£1.70
567	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£1.78£1.79£1.69
568	Bracknell	South East	£1.77£1.78£1.68
569	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	£1.77£1.77£1.67
570	South Norfolk	East of England	£1.76£1.76£1.66
571	Chesham and Amersham	South East	£1.75£1.76£1.66
572	Windsor	South East	£1.73£1.74£1.64
573	Didcot and Wantage	South East	£1.73£1.74£1.64
574	Godalming and Ash	South East	£1.71£1.72£1.63
575	Horsham	South East	£1.71£1.72£1.62
576	Hamble Valley	South East	£1.71£1.72£1.62
577	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	£1.70£1.71£1.62
578	Tatton	North West	£1.70£1.71£1.61
579	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	£1.69£1.70£1.61
580	Newbury	South East	£1.69£1.70£1.60
581	Stroud	South West	£1.68£1.69£1.60
582	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	£1.68£1.69£1.60
583	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	£1.68£1.69£1.59
584	Eastleigh	South East	£1.68£1.69£1.59
585	Congleton	North West	£1.68£1.68£1.59
586	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	£1.66£1.67£1.58
587	Sussex Weald	South East	£1.65£1.65£1.56
588	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	£1.64£1.65£1.56
589	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	£1.63£1.64£1.55
590	Arundel and South Downs	South East	£1.63£1.64£1.55
591	Wimbledon	London	£1.63£1.63£1.54
592	Cambridge	East of England	£1.63£1.63£1.54
593	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	£1.61£1.61£1.53
594	Twickenham	London	£1.59£1.60£1.51
595	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.59£1.60£1.51
596	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.57£1.58£1.49
597	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.56£1.57£1.48
598	Witney	South East	£1.55£1.56£1.47
599	Mid Sussex	South East	£1.53£1.54£1.45
600	Henley and Thame	South East	£1.53£1.54£1.45
601	Macclesfield	North West	£1.53£1.54£1.45
602	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.52£1.53£1.44
603	North West Essex	East of England	£1.52£1.52£1.44
604	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	£1.50£1.50£1.42
605	North Somerset	South West	£1.49£1.50£1.41
606	South Ribble	North West	£1.49£1.49£1.41
607	New Forest West	South East	£1.43£1.44£1.36
608	Farnham and Bordon	South East	£1.41£1.42£1.34
609	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	£1.40£1.40£1.33
610	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	£1.39£1.40£1.32
611	Sutton and Cheam	London	£1.39£1.40£1.32
612	Bath	South West	£1.39£1.40£1.32
613	Ribble Valley	North West	£1.39£1.39£1.31
614	Reigate	South East	£1.33£1.34£1.26
615	North Cotswolds	South West	£1.33£1.33£1.26
616	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.31£1.31£1.24
617	Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	£1.30£1.31£1.23
618	South Cotswolds	South West	£1.25£1.26£1.19
619	Salisbury	South West	£1.25£1.25£1.18
620	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1.23£1.24£1.17
621	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	£1.20£1.21£1.14
622	Surrey Heath	South East	£1.15£1.16£1.09
623	Ruislip, Northwood and PinnerLowest 10	London	£1.12£1.12£1.06
624	Rayleigh and WickfordLowest 10	East of England	£1.10£1.11£1.04
625	Skipton and RiponLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1.09£1.10£1.03
626	Bristol CentralLowest 10	South West	£1.05£1.06£1.00
627	West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLowest 10	Scotland	£1.02£1.03£0.97
628	North East HampshireLowest 10	South East	£0.97£0.97£0.92
629	MaidenheadLowest 10	South East	£0.95£0.96£0.90
630	WokinghamLowest 10	South East	£0.79£0.79£0.75
631	York OuterLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£0.75£0.75£0.71
632	Harrogate and KnaresboroughLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£0.63£0.63£0.60

350 local authorities ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £4.38£4.39£4.15 per resident

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Income Support, per resident, 2024-25, local authorities
		Nation
1	MiddlesbroughHighest 10	England	£10£10£9.71
2	Glasgow CityHighest 10	Scotland	£9.89£9.93£9.38
3	LiverpoolHighest 10	England	£9.85£9.89£9.34
4	Redcar and ClevelandHighest 10	England	£9.79£9.83£9.29
5	KnowsleyHighest 10	England	£9.59£9.63£9.10
6	Neath Port TalbotHighest 10	Wales	£9.57£9.61£9.08
7	South TynesideHighest 10	England	£9.34£9.38£8.86
8	West DunbartonshireHighest 10	Scotland	£9.21£9.25£8.73
9	Merthyr TydfilHighest 10	Wales	£8.76£8.80£8.31
10	SandwellHighest 10	England	£8.58£8.62£8.14
11	Islington	England	£8.54£8.58£8.10
12	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	£8.50£8.53£8.06
13	Sheffield	England	£8.45£8.49£8.02
14	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£8.33£8.37£7.90
15	Sunderland	England	£8.33£8.37£7.90
16	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£8.23£8.26£7.80
17	Hartlepool	England	£8.00£8.04£7.59
18	Blackpool	England	£7.97£8.01£7.56
19	Walsall	England	£7.87£7.90£7.46
20	Nottingham	England	£7.86£7.90£7.46
21	Bridgend	Wales	£7.66£7.70£7.27
22	Denbighshire	Wales	£7.57£7.60£7.18
23	Hackney	England	£7.54£7.57£7.15
24	Camden	England	£7.45£7.48£7.06
25	St. Helens	England	£7.38£7.41£7.00
26	Tower Hamlets	England	£7.28£7.32£6.91
27	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£7.28£7.31£6.91
28	Torfaen	Wales	£7.27£7.31£6.90
29	East Lindsey	England	£7.26£7.29£6.88
30	Birmingham	England	£7.18£7.21£6.81
31	Wirral	England	£7.14£7.17£6.77
32	Dundee City	Scotland	£7.07£7.10£6.71
33	County Durham	England	£7.02£7.05£6.66
34	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£7.00£7.03£6.64
35	Caerphilly	Wales	£6.96£6.99£6.60
36	Barking and Dagenham	England	£6.95£6.98£6.60
37	Greenwich	England	£6.85£6.87£6.49
38	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£6.78£6.81£6.43
39	Bradford	England	£6.75£6.77£6.40
40	Rotherham	England	£6.74£6.77£6.39
41	Gateshead	England	£6.67£6.70£6.33
42	Ashfield	England	£6.67£6.70£6.33
43	Telford and Wrekin	England	£6.47£6.50£6.14
44	North East Lincolnshire	England	£6.46£6.49£6.13
45	Wolverhampton	England	£6.37£6.40£6.04
46	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£6.35£6.38£6.03
47	Salford	England	£6.31£6.33£5.98
48	Lewisham	England	£6.26£6.29£5.94
49	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£6.22£6.25£5.90
50	Bolsover	England	£6.22£6.25£5.90
51	Great Yarmouth	England	£6.19£6.21£5.87
52	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£6.16£6.19£5.85
53	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£6.09£6.12£5.78
54	Halton	England	£6.09£6.12£5.78
55	Barnsley	England	£6.03£6.06£5.72
56	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£6.01£6.04£5.70
57	Isle of Wight	England	£5.97£6.00£5.67
58	Mansfield	England	£5.91£5.94£5.61
59	Wrexham	Wales	£5.89£5.92£5.59
60	Fenland	England	£5.84£5.87£5.54
61	Haringey	England	£5.83£5.86£5.53
62	Ipswich	England	£5.82£5.84£5.52
63	Cannock Chase	England	£5.81£5.83£5.51
64	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£5.79£5.81£5.49
65	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£5.76£5.78£5.46
66	Rochdale	England	£5.71£5.74£5.42
67	Newham	England	£5.69£5.71£5.39
68	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£5.68£5.70£5.39
69	Swansea	Wales	£5.67£5.69£5.38
70	Leicester	England	£5.64£5.66£5.35
71	Fife	Scotland	£5.60£5.63£5.32
72	Swale	England	£5.57£5.60£5.29
73	Conwy	Wales	£5.57£5.59£5.28
74	Westminster	England	£5.56£5.59£5.28
75	Lambeth	England	£5.56£5.58£5.27
76	Torbay	England	£5.54£5.56£5.25
77	West Lothian	Scotland	£5.53£5.56£5.25
78	Tendring	England	£5.51£5.53£5.22
79	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£5.50£5.53£5.22
80	Bolton	England	£5.49£5.51£5.20
81	Inverclyde	Scotland	£5.48£5.51£5.20
82	Medway	England	£5.46£5.48£5.18
83	Derby	England	£5.44£5.47£5.16
84	Tamworth	England	£5.43£5.45£5.15
85	Hastings	England	£5.39£5.41£5.11
86	Havant	England	£5.38£5.41£5.11
87	Thanet	England	£5.38£5.40£5.10
88	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£5.36£5.39£5.09
89	Enfield	England	£5.36£5.38£5.09
90	Plymouth	England	£5.34£5.36£5.07
91	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£5.31£5.33£5.04
92	Gosport	England	£5.31£5.33£5.04
93	Newport	Wales	£5.24£5.27£4.97
94	Cardiff	Wales	£5.22£5.24£4.95
95	Falkirk	Scotland	£5.17£5.19£4.90
96	Sefton	England	£5.15£5.18£4.89
97	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£5.09£5.11£4.82
98	Darlington	England	£5.06£5.08£4.80
99	Gravesham	England	£5.05£5.07£4.79
100	Luton	England	£5.04£5.06£4.78
101	Lincoln	England	£5.03£5.05£4.77
102	Doncaster	England	£5.03£5.05£4.77
103	Wandsworth	England	£5.01£5.03£4.75
104	Wakefield	England	£5.00£5.02£4.75
105	Coventry	England	£4.99£5.01£4.73
106	Stevenage	England	£4.98£5.00£4.72
107	Eastbourne	England	£4.97£4.99£4.71
108	North East Derbyshire	England	£4.96£4.98£4.70
109	Chesterfield	England	£4.95£4.97£4.69
110	Bristol, City of	England	£4.92£4.95£4.67
111	Canterbury	England	£4.91£4.94£4.66
112	Dudley	England	£4.91£4.93£4.66
113	North Tyneside	England	£4.91£4.93£4.66
114	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£4.88£4.90£4.63
115	Norwich	England	£4.86£4.88£4.61
116	Peterborough	England	£4.83£4.85£4.58
117	Pendle	England	£4.80£4.82£4.56
118	Preston	England	£4.78£4.80£4.53
119	Waltham Forest	England	£4.77£4.79£4.52
120	Amber Valley	England	£4.76£4.78£4.52
121	Kirklees	England	£4.75£4.77£4.50
122	Portsmouth	England	£4.68£4.70£4.44
123	Basildon	England	£4.67£4.69£4.43
124	Ashford	England	£4.66£4.68£4.42
125	Newark and Sherwood	England	£4.66£4.68£4.42
126	West Lindsey	England	£4.62£4.64£4.38
127	Hyndburn	England	£4.61£4.63£4.37
128	Northumberland	England	£4.58£4.60£4.34
129	Wyre Forest	England	£4.55£4.57£4.32
130	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£4.49£4.51£4.26
131	Dover	England	£4.48£4.50£4.25
132	Lewes	England	£4.44£4.46£4.22
133	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£4.44£4.46£4.22
134	Boston	England	£4.44£4.46£4.21
135	Manchester	England	£4.44£4.46£4.21
136	Oldham	England	£4.44£4.45£4.21
137	Burnley	England	£4.43£4.45£4.21
138	Solihull	England	£4.42£4.44£4.20
139	Tameside	England	£4.42£4.44£4.19
140	Brent	England	£4.42£4.44£4.19
141	Gwynedd	Wales	£4.40£4.42£4.17
142	Southwark	England	£4.39£4.41£4.16
143	North Lincolnshire	England	£4.29£4.31£4.07
144	Leeds	England	£4.26£4.28£4.04
145	Bury	England	£4.23£4.24£4.01
146	Redditch	England	£4.21£4.22£3.99
147	Erewash	England	£4.20£4.22£3.99
148	Wyre	England	£4.20£4.21£3.98
149	Wigan	England	£4.16£4.18£3.95
150	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£4.15£4.17£3.94
151	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£4.14£4.16£3.93
152	Ealing	England	£4.07£4.09£3.86
153	Brighton and Hove	England	£4.04£4.06£3.83
154	Southend-on-Sea	England	£4.02£4.04£3.82
155	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£3.99£4.01£3.79
156	Cornwall	England	£3.94£3.95£3.73
157	Croydon	England	£3.90£3.91£3.69
158	Angus	Scotland	£3.89£3.91£3.69
159	West Lancashire	England	£3.89£3.90£3.69
160	Southampton	England	£3.88£3.90£3.68
161	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£3.85£3.87£3.65
162	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£3.79£3.81£3.59
163	Bexley	England	£3.77£3.79£3.58
164	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£3.76£3.78£3.57
165	Rossendale	England	£3.76£3.78£3.57
166	Bassetlaw	England	£3.75£3.77£3.56
167	Oadby and Wigston	England	£3.71£3.72£3.51
168	Gedling	England	£3.70£3.72£3.51
169	Flintshire	Wales	£3.66£3.68£3.48
170	Calderdale	England	£3.64£3.65£3.45
171	Hillingdon	England	£3.63£3.65£3.45
172	Colchester	England	£3.62£3.63£3.43
173	Powys	Wales	£3.61£3.63£3.43
174	Bromley	England	£3.61£3.63£3.43
175	Redbridge	England	£3.60£3.61£3.41
176	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£3.58£3.60£3.40
177	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£3.56£3.57£3.37
178	Stockport	England	£3.54£3.55£3.36
179	East Suffolk	England	£3.51£3.52£3.33
180	Lichfield	England	£3.51£3.52£3.33
181	Cumberland	England	£3.48£3.49£3.30
182	Spelthorne	England	£3.46£3.48£3.29
183	Crawley	England	£3.46£3.48£3.28
184	North Warwickshire	England	£3.46£3.47£3.28
185	Wychavon	England	£3.43£3.45£3.26
186	Dartford	England	£3.41£3.43£3.24
187	Harlow	England	£3.40£3.42£3.23
188	Milton Keynes	England	£3.38£3.40£3.21
189	Herefordshire, County of	England	£3.37£3.39£3.20
190	Epping Forest	England	£3.37£3.38£3.19
191	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£3.37£3.38£3.19
192	South Staffordshire	England	£3.36£3.38£3.19
193	North Northamptonshire	England	£3.35£3.37£3.18
194	Highland	Scotland	£3.32£3.34£3.15
195	Gloucester	England	£3.32£3.33£3.15
196	Maldon	England	£3.32£3.33£3.15
197	Maidstone	England	£3.31£3.33£3.14
198	Havering	England	£3.31£3.32£3.14
199	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£3.29£3.31£3.12
200	Trafford	England	£3.27£3.29£3.11
201	Broxtowe	England	£3.25£3.27£3.08
202	South Derbyshire	England	£3.25£3.26£3.08
203	South Hams	England	£3.23£3.24£3.06
204	Midlothian	Scotland	£3.22£3.24£3.06
205	Ceredigion	Wales	£3.22£3.23£3.05
206	Teignbridge	England	£3.21£3.23£3.05
207	Tunbridge Wells	England	£3.21£3.22£3.04
208	Worcester	England	£3.18£3.20£3.02
209	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£3.17£3.18£3.00
210	Malvern Hills	England	£3.17£3.18£3.00
211	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£3.15£3.16£2.99
212	Hounslow	England	£3.12£3.13£2.96
213	Thurrock	England	£3.12£3.13£2.96
214	Shropshire	England	£3.11£3.13£2.95
215	North Norfolk	England	£3.07£3.09£2.91
216	Sevenoaks	England	£3.07£3.08£2.91
217	Rother	England	£3.05£3.07£2.90
218	Reading	England	£3.04£3.06£2.89
219	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£3.04£3.05£2.88
220	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£3.02£3.03£2.86
221	Broxbourne	England	£3.02£3.03£2.86
222	Moray	Scotland	£3.01£3.03£2.86
223	Barnet	England	£3.00£3.02£2.85
224	Stirling	Scotland	£3.00£3.01£2.85
225	North Hertfordshire	England	£3.00£3.01£2.84
226	Worthing	England	£2.98£2.99£2.83
227	North West Leicestershire	England	£2.97£2.98£2.82
228	West Northamptonshire	England	£2.93£2.94£2.78
229	Runnymede	England	£2.91£2.93£2.76
230	North Kesteven	England	£2.91£2.93£2.76
231	Huntingdonshire	England	£2.91£2.92£2.76
232	Central Bedfordshire	England	£2.89£2.90£2.74
233	East Staffordshire	England	£2.87£2.88£2.72
234	Stafford	England	£2.86£2.87£2.71
235	Chelmsford	England	£2.85£2.87£2.71
236	High Peak	England	£2.84£2.86£2.70
237	Bedford	England	£2.84£2.85£2.69
238	Oxford	England	£2.83£2.84£2.68
239	South Holland	England	£2.81£2.82£2.66
240	Merton	England	£2.78£2.79£2.64
241	Dorset	England	£2.77£2.78£2.63
242	Braintree	England	£2.75£2.76£2.61
243	Exeter	England	£2.75£2.76£2.60
244	Swindon	England	£2.74£2.75£2.60
245	Slough	England	£2.73£2.74£2.59
246	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£2.73£2.74£2.59
247	Forest of Dean	England	£2.71£2.72£2.57
248	East Lothian	Scotland	£2.71£2.72£2.57
249	Warrington	England	£2.68£2.69£2.54
250	Sutton	England	£2.67£2.68£2.53
251	South Kesteven	England	£2.67£2.68£2.53
252	Monmouthshire	Wales	£2.65£2.66£2.51
253	Kingston upon Thames	England	£2.63£2.65£2.50
254	Cheltenham	England	£2.61£2.62£2.48
255	Adur	England	£2.60£2.62£2.47
256	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£2.60£2.61£2.47
257	Dacorum	England	£2.60£2.61£2.47
258	West Devon	England	£2.59£2.61£2.46
259	Breckland	England	£2.58£2.60£2.45
260	Westmorland and Furness	England	£2.57£2.58£2.44
261	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£2.55£2.56£2.42
262	Castle Point	England	£2.55£2.56£2.42
263	North Devon	England	£2.49£2.50£2.36
264	Mid Devon	England	£2.46£2.48£2.34
265	Hertsmere	England	£2.44£2.45£2.31
266	South Gloucestershire	England	£2.42£2.43£2.29
267	Charnwood	England	£2.40£2.41£2.28
268	Tandridge	England	£2.36£2.37£2.24
269	Chorley	England	£2.36£2.37£2.24
270	Three Rivers	England	£2.36£2.37£2.24
271	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£2.35£2.36£2.22
272	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£2.34£2.35£2.22
273	Fylde	England	£2.33£2.34£2.21
274	West Suffolk	England	£2.23£2.24£2.11
275	Somerset	England	£2.23£2.24£2.11
276	North Somerset	England	£2.22£2.23£2.11
277	New Forest	England	£2.22£2.23£2.10
278	Lancaster	England	£2.22£2.23£2.10
279	Babergh	England	£2.22£2.23£2.10
280	Epsom and Ewell	England	£2.19£2.20£2.08
281	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£2.19£2.20£2.08
282	East Hampshire	England	£2.17£2.18£2.06
283	Torridge	England	£2.15£2.16£2.04
284	Bromsgrove	England	£2.14£2.15£2.03
285	Elmbridge	England	£2.14£2.15£2.03
286	Woking	England	£2.13£2.14£2.02
287	Chichester	England	£2.13£2.14£2.02
288	Wiltshire	England	£2.12£2.13£2.01
289	South Norfolk	England	£2.09£2.10£1.98
290	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£2.09£2.10£1.98
291	Rushmoor	England	£2.08£2.09£1.98
292	Warwick	England	£2.07£2.08£1.96
293	Cherwell	England	£2.07£2.07£1.96
294	Buckinghamshire	England	£2.05£2.06£1.94
295	Watford	England	£2.04£2.05£1.93
296	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£2.03£2.04£1.93
297	Eastleigh	England	£1.98£1.99£1.88
298	St Albans	England	£1.98£1.99£1.88
299	Cheshire East	England	£1.94£1.95£1.84
300	East Devon	England	£1.90£1.91£1.81
301	East Cambridgeshire	England	£1.90£1.91£1.80
302	Arun	England	£1.89£1.90£1.79
303	Broadland	England	£1.89£1.90£1.79
304	South Cambridgeshire	England	£1.89£1.89£1.79
305	Rushcliffe	England	£1.88£1.89£1.79
306	Fareham	England	£1.87£1.88£1.77
307	Richmond upon Thames	England	£1.87£1.88£1.77
308	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£1.85£1.86£1.76
309	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£1.85£1.85£1.75
310	Tewkesbury	England	£1.85£1.85£1.75
311	North Yorkshire	England	£1.83£1.84£1.74
312	Test Valley	England	£1.83£1.84£1.74
313	East Hertfordshire	England	£1.83£1.83£1.73
314	Harrow	England	£1.82£1.83£1.73
315	Stroud	England	£1.78£1.79£1.69
316	Reigate and Banstead	England	£1.78£1.78£1.68
317	Derbyshire Dales	England	£1.77£1.78£1.68
318	Cambridge	England	£1.77£1.78£1.68
319	Horsham	England	£1.76£1.77£1.67
320	Guildford	England	£1.68£1.69£1.60
321	Wealden	England	£1.67£1.67£1.58
322	Mole Valley	England	£1.65£1.66£1.57
323	Bracknell Forest	England	£1.65£1.66£1.56
324	Winchester	England	£1.64£1.65£1.56
325	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£1.63£1.64£1.55
326	South Ribble	England	£1.62£1.63£1.54
327	Rugby	England	£1.61£1.61£1.52
328	Rochford	England	£1.60£1.61£1.52
329	Vale of White Horse	England	£1.58£1.59£1.50
330	Mid Suffolk	England	£1.57£1.58£1.49
331	Blaby	England	£1.56£1.56£1.48
332	Brentwood	England	£1.56£1.56£1.48
333	South Oxfordshire	England	£1.54£1.54£1.46
334	Mid Sussex	England	£1.49£1.50£1.41
335	West Oxfordshire	England	£1.49£1.49£1.41
336	Harborough	England	£1.48£1.49£1.41
337	West Berkshire	England	£1.46£1.46£1.38
338	Waverley	England	£1.39£1.40£1.32
339	York	England	£1.17£1.17£1.11
340	Surrey Heath	England	£1.16£1.17£1.10
341	CotswoldLowest 10	England	£1.13£1.13£1.07
342	MeltonLowest 10	England	£1.10£1.10£1.04
343	Windsor and MaidenheadLowest 10	England	£1.05£1.06£1.00
344	UttlesfordLowest 10	England	£1.00£1.01£0.95
345	RutlandLowest 10	England	£0.96£0.97£0.91
346	Ribble ValleyLowest 10	England	£0.95£0.95£0.90
347	WokinghamLowest 10	England	£0.88£0.89£0.84
348	HartLowest 10	England	£0.73£0.73£0.69
349	City of LondonLowest 10	England	£0.00
349	Isles of ScillyLowest 10	England	£0.00

Limits and sources

Covers the DWP benefits in each group and the Social Security Scotland benefits that replace them. It does not include tax credits, Child Benefit, Cost of Living Payments, Council Tax Benefit (paid until 2012-13) or Discretionary Housing Payments.

Money paid to people who live abroad, mostly State Pension, is in DWP's Great Britain totals but not in any area.

Constituency figures on the 2024 boundaries start in 2018-19. Universal Credit starts in 2019-20 and State Pension in 2023-24. Local authority figures start in 2010-11.

Per person figures for a year use the population estimate for 30 June in the year it starts. For example, 2024-25 uses mid-2024.

1Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by local authority, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
2Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
3Department for Work and Pensions. Stat-Xplore benefit caseloads and awards. Published 6 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
4Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by local authority (Nomis NM_2002_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
5Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by 2024 parliamentary constituency (Nomis NM_2014_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
6National Records of Scotland. Population estimates for other geographies, mid-2011 to mid-2024. Published 31 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.