Rankings · Jobseeker's Allowance

Spending on Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64

Money for people looking for work, based on the National Insurance they have paid.^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 resident

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: £7.77£7.80£7.37 per person aged 16 to 64

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Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, constituencies
		Region
1	StourbridgeHighest 10	West Midlands	£16£16£15
2	Birmingham Perry BarrHighest 10	West Midlands	£15
3	South ShieldsHighest 10	North East	£15£15£14
4	DudleyHighest 10	West Midlands	£15£15£14
5	Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonHighest 10	London	£14£14£13
6	Birmingham LadywoodHighest 10	West Midlands	£14£14£13
7	Birmingham EdgbastonHighest 10	West Midlands	£14£14£13
8	Milton Keynes NorthHighest 10	South East	£14£14£13
9	Milton Keynes CentralHighest 10	South East	£13£14£13
10	Sunderland CentralHighest 10	North East	£13
11	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	£13
12	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£13
13	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	£13£13£12
14	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	£13£13£12
15	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	£13£13£12
16	Islington North	London	£13£13£12
17	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£12
18	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	£12
19	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	£12
20	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	£12
21	Ealing Central and Acton	London	£12
22	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	£12
23	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	£12£12£11
24	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	£12£12£11
25	Liverpool West Derby	North West	£12£12£11
26	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	£12£12£11
27	Halesowen	West Midlands	£12£12£11
28	Walthamstow	London	£12£12£11
29	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	£12£12£11
30	Battersea	London	£12£12£11
31	Smethwick	West Midlands	£12£12£11
32	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	£12£12£11
33	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	£12£12£11
34	West Bromwich	West Midlands	£11£12£11
35	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£12£11
36	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	£11£12£11
37	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11
38	Wycombe	South East	£11
39	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	£11
40	Islington South and Finsbury	London	£11
41	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	£11
42	Nottingham East	East Midlands	£11
43	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	£11
44	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£11£10
45	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	£11£11£10
46	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£11£10
47	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£11£10
48	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	£11£11£10
49	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£11£10
50	Watford	East of England	£11£11£10
51	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	£11£11£10
52	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	£11£11£10
53	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	£11£11£10
54	Ealing Southall	London	£11£11£10
55	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	£11£11£10
56	Tottenham	London	£11£11£10
57	Twickenham	London	£11£11£10
58	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	£11£11£10
59	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	£11£11£10
60	Bolton North East	North West	£11£11£10
61	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	£11£11£10
62	Liverpool Garston	North West	£11£11£10
63	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	£11£11£10
64	Wigan	North West	£11£11£9.99
65	Monmouthshire	Wales	£10£11£9.95
66	Bedford	East of England	£10£10£9.92
67	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	£10£10£9.88
68	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	£10£10£9.83
69	Maidenhead	South East	£10£10£9.80
70	East Thanet	South East	£10£10£9.80
71	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£10£10£9.74
72	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	£10£10£9.72
73	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£10£10£9.66
74	Hove and Portslade	South East	£10£10£9.62
75	Tooting	London	£10£10£9.62
76	Ipswich	East of England	£10£10£9.62
77	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	£10£10£9.61
78	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£10£10£9.61
79	Bootle	North West	£10£10£9.61
80	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	£10£10£9.57
81	Beaconsfield	South East	£10£10£9.57
82	Leyton and Wanstead	London	£10£10£9.56
83	Streatham and Croydon North	London	£10£10£9.55
84	Brent East	London	£10£10£9.54
85	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	£10£10£9.52
86	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	£10£10£9.51
87	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	£9.97£10£9.46
88	Lewisham East	London	£9.97£10£9.45
89	Aylesbury	South East	£9.95£9.99£9.43
90	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.94£9.98£9.43
91	Ashfield	East Midlands	£9.94£9.98£9.42
92	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	£9.92£9.97£9.41
93	Newport East	Wales	£9.90£9.94£9.39
94	Coventry North West	West Midlands	£9.89£9.93£9.38
95	Beckenham and Penge	London	£9.89£9.93£9.38
96	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.85£9.90£9.35
97	Glasgow South West	Scotland	£9.85£9.90£9.35
98	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	£9.84£9.88£9.33
99	Darlington	North East	£9.83£9.87£9.32
100	Gedling	East Midlands	£9.81£9.85£9.30
101	Stretford and Urmston	North West	£9.80£9.84£9.30
102	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	£9.76£9.80£9.26
103	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	£9.74£9.78£9.24
104	Barking	London	£9.73£9.77£9.23
105	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	£9.71£9.75£9.21
106	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	£9.70£9.74£9.20
107	Isle of Wight East	South East	£9.70£9.74£9.20
108	Southgate and Wood Green	London	£9.70£9.74£9.20
109	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.67£9.71£9.18
110	Glasgow North East	Scotland	£9.67£9.71£9.17
111	Carshalton and Wallington	London	£9.66£9.70£9.16
112	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	£9.65£9.70£9.16
113	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	£9.65£9.69£9.15
114	Spelthorne	South East	£9.64£9.68£9.14
115	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	£9.60£9.64£9.11
116	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	£9.56£9.60£9.07
117	Chipping Barnet	London	£9.56£9.60£9.06
118	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	£9.55£9.59£9.06
119	Stockton North	North East	£9.54£9.58£9.05
120	Putney	London	£9.49£9.53£9.00
121	Reading Central	South East	£9.47£9.51£8.98
122	Ealing North	London	£9.43£9.47£8.95
123	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£9.43£9.47£8.94
124	Erith and Thamesmead	London	£9.42£9.46£8.93
125	St Helens North	North West	£9.37£9.41£8.89
126	Glasgow West	Scotland	£9.35£9.39£8.87
127	Glasgow South	Scotland	£9.31£9.35£8.83
128	Orpington	London	£9.31£9.35£8.83
129	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	£9.31£9.35£8.83
130	Dagenham and Rainham	London	£9.30£9.34£8.83
131	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	£9.28£9.32£8.80
132	North Bedfordshire	East of England	£9.28£9.32£8.80
133	St Albans	East of England	£9.26£9.30£8.78
134	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	£9.26£9.30£8.78
135	Esher and Walton	South East	£9.24£9.28£8.77
136	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.23£9.27£8.76
137	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	£9.21£9.25£8.74
138	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.20£9.24£8.73
139	Knowsley	North West	£9.20£9.24£8.73
140	Brighton Pavilion	South East	£9.19£9.23£8.72
141	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	£9.18£9.22£8.71
142	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	£9.18£9.22£8.71
143	Nuneaton	West Midlands	£9.18£9.22£8.71
144	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	£9.18£9.22£8.71
145	Wallasey	North West	£9.17£9.21£8.70
146	Hertsmere	East of England	£9.17£9.21£8.70
147	Luton North	East of England	£9.17£9.21£8.70
148	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	£9.15£9.19£8.68
149	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	£9.15£9.19£8.68
150	Enfield North	London	£9.15£9.19£8.68
151	Newark	East Midlands	£9.14£9.17£8.67
152	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	£9.13£9.17£8.66
153	Romford	London	£9.12£9.16£8.65
154	Kettering	East Midlands	£9.11£9.15£8.65
155	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£9.10£9.14£8.63
156	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	£9.10£9.13£8.63
157	Stockport	North West	£9.09£9.13£8.62
158	Broxbourne	East of England	£9.08£9.12£8.61
159	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£9.07£9.11£8.60
160	Worsley and Eccles	North West	£9.06£9.10£8.59
161	Clwyd North	Wales	£9.03£9.07£8.57
162	Hitchin	East of England	£9.01£9.05£8.55
163	Chesham and Amersham	South East	£9.00£9.03£8.53
164	Wokingham	South East	£9.00£9.03£8.53
165	Liverpool Walton	North West	£8.99£9.03£8.53
166	Mitcham and Morden	London	£8.97£9.00£8.50
167	Leigh and Atherton	North West	£8.96£9.00£8.50
168	Holborn and St Pancras	London	£8.93£8.97£8.47
169	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	£8.93£8.97£8.47
170	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.90£8.94£8.45
171	Northampton North	East Midlands	£8.89£8.93£8.43
172	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	£8.89£8.92£8.43
173	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	£8.83£8.86£8.37
174	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£8.82£8.86£8.37
175	Nottingham South	East Midlands	£8.80£8.84£8.35
176	Wimbledon	London	£8.79£8.83£8.34
177	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.78£8.82£8.33
178	Makerfield	North West	£8.78£8.81£8.33
179	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.77£8.80£8.31
180	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	£8.75£8.79£8.30
181	Norwich North	East of England	£8.74£8.78£8.29
182	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	£8.74£8.78£8.29
183	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	£8.73£8.77£8.28
184	Caerphilly	Wales	£8.73£8.77£8.28
185	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.72£8.75£8.27
186	Croydon East	London	£8.71£8.75£8.27
187	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	£8.70£8.74£8.25
188	Tamworth	West Midlands	£8.68£8.72£8.23
189	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	£8.68£8.72£8.23
190	Epping Forest	East of England	£8.65£8.69£8.20
191	Croydon South	London	£8.64£8.68£8.20
192	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£8.61£8.65£8.17
193	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.59£8.63£8.15
194	Erewash	East Midlands	£8.58£8.62£8.14
195	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.58£8.62£8.14
196	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	£8.54£8.57£8.10
197	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.53£8.57£8.09
198	High Peak	East Midlands	£8.52£8.55£8.08
199	Lewisham North	London	£8.51£8.55£8.07
200	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	£8.47£8.51£8.03
201	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	£8.47£8.51£8.03
202	Glasgow East	Scotland	£8.47£8.51£8.03
203	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	£8.46£8.49£8.02
204	Sutton and Cheam	London	£8.44£8.48£8.01
205	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£8.43£8.47£8.00
206	Poplar and Limehouse	London	£8.43£8.46£7.99
207	Coventry East	West Midlands	£8.42£8.46£7.99
208	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.42£8.45£7.98
209	Widnes and Halewood	North West	£8.39£8.43£7.96
210	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.38£8.41£7.94
211	Hampstead and Highgate	London	£8.37£8.41£7.94
212	Birkenhead	North West	£8.35£8.38£7.92
213	Brent West	London	£8.34£8.37£7.91
214	Rutherglen	Scotland	£8.34£8.37£7.91
215	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	£8.31£8.35£7.88
216	Richmond Park	London	£8.30£8.34£7.88
217	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.30£8.33£7.87
218	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	£8.29£8.33£7.87
219	Hyndburn	North West	£8.29£8.33£7.87
220	Stratford and Bow	London	£8.29£8.32£7.86
221	Basingstoke	South East	£8.27£8.31£7.85
222	Bracknell	South East	£8.27£8.30£7.84
223	Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	£8.26£8.29£7.83
224	Finchley and Golders Green	London	£8.25£8.29£7.83
225	Hazel Grove	North West	£8.25£8.29£7.83
226	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.25£8.29£7.83
227	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.23£8.27£7.81
228	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	£8.23£8.27£7.81
229	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£8.22£8.26£7.80
230	Peckham	London	£8.21£8.25£7.79
231	Norwich South	East of England	£8.19£8.23£7.77
232	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	£8.18£8.22£7.76
233	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	£8.18£8.21£7.76
234	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	£8.16£8.20£7.74
235	Chelmsford	East of England	£8.15£8.18£7.73
236	Daventry	East Midlands	£8.13£8.16£7.71
237	Crawley	South East	£8.12£8.16£7.71
238	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	£8.11£8.15£7.70
239	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£8.10£8.14£7.69
240	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	£8.10£8.13£7.68
241	Canterbury	South East	£8.09£8.12£7.67
242	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.08£8.12£7.67
243	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	£8.06£8.10£7.65
244	Stevenage	East of England	£8.04£8.07£7.62
245	Croydon West	London	£8.04£8.07£7.62
246	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.03£8.06£7.62
247	Chelsea and Fulham	London	£8.02£8.06£7.61
248	Brentford and Isleworth	London	£8.00£8.04£7.59
249	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	£8.00£8.03£7.58
250	Havant	South East	£7.99£8.02£7.58
251	Hayes and Harlington	London	£7.98£8.01£7.57
252	Northampton South	East Midlands	£7.98£8.01£7.57
253	Worthing West	South East	£7.97£8.00£7.56
254	Torbay	South West	£7.96£7.99£7.55
255	Swansea West	Wales	£7.96£7.99£7.55
256	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	£7.95£7.99£7.55
257	Ilford North	London	£7.95£7.99£7.54
258	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	£7.95£7.98£7.54
259	Dover and Deal	South East	£7.94£7.97£7.53
260	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.94£7.97£7.53
261	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	£7.94£7.97£7.53
262	Gravesham	South East	£7.92£7.96£7.51
263	Lincoln	East Midlands	£7.92£7.95£7.51
264	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	£7.92£7.95£7.51
265	Bury South	North West	£7.90£7.94£7.49
266	Dundee Central	Scotland	£7.89£7.93£7.49
267	North East Hampshire	South East	£7.89£7.92£7.48
268	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	£7.88£7.92£7.48
269	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	£7.86£7.89£7.45
270	Blaydon and Consett	North East	£7.85£7.88£7.45
271	Hendon	London	£7.85£7.88£7.44
272	Colchester	East of England	£7.84£7.88£7.44
273	Earley and Woodley	South East	£7.84£7.87£7.44
274	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scotland	£7.84£7.87£7.44
275	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	£7.83£7.87£7.43
276	Rochdale	North West	£7.82£7.86£7.42
277	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	£7.82£7.85£7.42
278	Ynys Môn	Wales	£7.81£7.85£7.41
279	Bristol East	South West	£7.79£7.82£7.39
280	Redditch	West Midlands	£7.78£7.82£7.38
281	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	£7.78£7.81£7.38
282	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£7.77£7.80£7.37
283	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	£7.76£7.79£7.36
284	Harrow West	London	£7.75£7.78£7.35
285	West Ham and Beckton	London	£7.73£7.76£7.33
286	Aberdeen South	Scotland	£7.72£7.75£7.32
287	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	£7.71£7.74£7.31
288	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.70£7.73£7.30
289	Derby North	East Midlands	£7.70£7.73£7.30
290	Woking	South East	£7.70£7.73£7.30
291	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	£7.69£7.72£7.29
292	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	£7.68£7.71£7.29
293	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£7.68£7.71£7.28
294	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£7.67£7.71£7.28
295	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	£7.67£7.70£7.27
296	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	East of England	£7.66£7.69£7.27
297	Dartford	South East	£7.65£7.69£7.26
298	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	£7.65£7.68£7.25
299	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	£7.65£7.68£7.25
300	Windsor	South East	£7.64£7.67£7.25
301	Kensington and Bayswater	London	£7.64£7.67£7.25
302	Ilford South	London	£7.62£7.65£7.23
303	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	£7.62£7.65£7.23
304	Easington	North East	£7.62£7.65£7.23
305	Bolton West	North West	£7.62£7.65£7.23
306	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	£7.61£7.64£7.21
307	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	£7.60£7.64£7.21
308	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	£7.56£7.60£7.17
309	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£7.56£7.59£7.17
310	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	£7.56£7.59£7.17
311	Mansfield	East Midlands	£7.56£7.59£7.17
312	Surrey Heath	South East	£7.53£7.57£7.15
313	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	£7.53£7.56£7.14
314	Slough	South East	£7.53£7.56£7.14
315	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£7.52£7.56£7.14
316	Feltham and Heston	London	£7.51£7.54£7.12
317	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£7.47£7.50£7.08
318	Tynemouth	North East	£7.43£7.47£7.05
319	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	£7.43£7.46£7.05
320	Harrow East	London	£7.43£7.46£7.04
321	Bolsover	East Midlands	£7.42£7.46£7.04
322	Torfaen	Wales	£7.39£7.42£7.01
323	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£7.34£7.37£6.97
324	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.34£7.37£6.96
325	Kingston and Surbiton	London	£7.34£7.37£6.96
326	Derby South	East Midlands	£7.33£7.36£6.95
327	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	£7.33£7.36£6.95
328	Aldershot	South East	£7.32£7.35£6.95
329	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£7.32£7.35£6.94
330	East Hampshire	South East	£7.31£7.34£6.93
331	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	£7.31£7.34£6.93
332	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	£7.30£7.33£6.92
333	Leicester East	East Midlands	£7.30£7.33£6.92
334	Clacton	East of England	£7.28£7.31£6.91
335	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.27£7.30£6.90
336	Gainsborough	East Midlands	£7.26£7.29£6.89
337	Tatton	North West	£7.26£7.29£6.88
338	Cardiff East	Wales	£7.24£7.27£6.87
339	Warrington South	North West	£7.23£7.27£6.86
340	Bristol South	South West	£7.23£7.26£6.86
341	North Durham	North East	£7.22£7.25£6.85
342	Blyth and Ashington	North East	£7.20£7.23£6.83
343	Harlow	East of England	£7.20£7.23£6.83
344	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	£7.18£7.21£6.81
345	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	£7.15£7.18£6.78
346	Glasgow North	Scotland	£7.15£7.18£6.78
347	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.15£7.18£6.78
348	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£7.13£7.16£6.76
349	Redcar	North East	£7.11£7.14£6.74
350	Salford	North West	£7.09£7.12£6.73
351	Chippenham	South West	£7.09£7.12£6.73
352	Manchester Withington	North West	£7.09£7.12£6.73
353	Aberdeen North	Scotland	£7.05£7.08£6.69
354	Horsham	South East	£7.04£7.07£6.68
355	Macclesfield	North West	£7.04£7.07£6.68
356	Isle of Wight West	South East	£7.03£7.06£6.67
357	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.02£7.05£6.66
358	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	£7.02£7.05£6.66
359	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£7.01£7.04£6.65
360	Rugby	West Midlands	£7.00£7.03£6.64
361	Hastings and Rye	South East	£7.00£7.03£6.64
362	Cheadle	North West	£6.95£6.98£6.60
363	Ashford	South East	£6.95£6.98£6.59
364	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.94£6.97£6.59
365	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	£6.94£6.97£6.58
366	North Northumberland	North East	£6.94£6.97£6.58
367	Cardiff North	Wales	£6.93£6.96£6.58
368	Mid Cheshire	North West	£6.92£6.95£6.56
369	Leicester West	East Midlands	£6.92£6.95£6.56
370	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	£6.92£6.95£6.56
371	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.91£6.94£6.56
372	Farnham and Bordon	South East	£6.90£6.93£6.55
373	Dorking and Horley	South East	£6.90£6.93£6.54
374	Forest of Dean	South West	£6.89£6.92£6.53
375	Portsmouth North	South East	£6.88£6.91£6.53
376	Eastbourne	South East	£6.88£6.91£6.53
377	Maldon	East of England	£6.88£6.91£6.53
378	Reigate	South East	£6.87£6.90£6.52
379	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£6.86£6.89£6.51
380	Lowestoft	East of England	£6.86£6.89£6.50
381	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	£6.85£6.88£6.50
382	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	£6.85£6.88£6.50
383	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£6.84£6.87£6.48
384	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£6.83£6.86£6.48
385	Tonbridge	South East	£6.82£6.85£6.47
386	Bournemouth East	South West	£6.80£6.83£6.45
387	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	£6.79£6.82£6.44
388	North Somerset	South West	£6.79£6.82£6.44
389	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£6.79£6.82£6.44
390	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£6.78£6.81£6.43
391	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	£6.77£6.80£6.42
392	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	£6.77£6.80£6.42
393	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	£6.76£6.78£6.41
394	Bury North	North West	£6.76£6.78£6.41
395	South Cotswolds	South West	£6.75£6.78£6.41
396	East Ham	London	£6.74£6.77£6.39
397	Worcester	West Midlands	£6.72£6.75£6.38
398	North Shropshire	West Midlands	£6.72£6.75£6.37
399	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.71£6.74£6.37
400	Chichester	South East	£6.71£6.74£6.36
401	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	£6.70£6.73£6.35
402	Swindon North	South West	£6.68£6.71£6.33
403	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	£6.68£6.71£6.33
404	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.67£6.70£6.33
405	Witham	East of England	£6.67£6.70£6.32
406	Coventry South	West Midlands	£6.66£6.68£6.31
407	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	£6.65£6.68£6.31
408	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	£6.65£6.68£6.31
409	Weald of Kent	South East	£6.65£6.67£6.30
410	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	£6.64£6.66£6.29
411	Stockton West	North East	£6.63£6.66£6.29
412	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	£6.63£6.66£6.29
413	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	£6.63£6.66£6.29
414	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	£6.61£6.64£6.27
415	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	£6.60£6.63£6.26
416	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.60£6.63£6.26
417	East Surrey	South East	£6.59£6.62£6.25
418	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	£6.57£6.60£6.23
419	Maidstone and Malling	South East	£6.54£6.57£6.21
420	Melksham and Devizes	South West	£6.54£6.57£6.20
421	Blackpool South	North West	£6.52£6.55£6.19
422	Blackburn	North West	£6.52£6.55£6.18
423	Hartlepool	North East	£6.52£6.55£6.18
424	Poole	South West	£6.52£6.55£6.18
425	North West Essex	East of England	£6.51£6.54£6.17
426	Livingston	Scotland	£6.50£6.53£6.17
427	Falkirk	Scotland	£6.48£6.50£6.14
428	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£6.47£6.49£6.13
429	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	£6.45£6.48£6.12
430	Edinburgh West	Scotland	£6.44£6.47£6.11
431	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	£6.44£6.47£6.11
432	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£6.43£6.46£6.10
433	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£6.42£6.45£6.09
434	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	£6.42£6.45£6.09
435	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	£6.41£6.44£6.08
436	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	£6.41£6.44£6.08
437	Clwyd East	Wales	£6.41£6.43£6.08
438	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	£6.40£6.43£6.07
439	Mid Sussex	South East	£6.40£6.42£6.07
440	Warrington North	North West	£6.39£6.42£6.06
441	Cities of London and Westminster	London	£6.38£6.41£6.05
442	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	£6.37£6.40£6.04
443	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	£6.37£6.39£6.04
444	Newbury	South East	£6.34£6.37£6.02
445	Castle Point	East of England	£6.34£6.36£6.01
446	Didcot and Wantage	South East	£6.33£6.36£6.01
447	Sevenoaks	South East	£6.32£6.35£6.00
448	Liverpool Riverside	North West	£6.32£6.35£5.99
449	Llanelli	Wales	£6.32£6.35£5.99
450	Southport	North West	£6.31£6.34£5.98
451	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£6.30£6.32£5.97
452	Stafford	West Midlands	£6.30£6.32£5.97
453	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	£6.30£6.32£5.97
454	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	£6.30£6.32£5.97
455	South West Wiltshire	South West	£6.27£6.30£5.95
456	Sefton Central	North West	£6.27£6.30£5.95
457	Cardiff West	Wales	£6.26£6.29£5.94
458	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	£6.25£6.28£5.93
459	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.25£6.27£5.93
460	Lewes	South East	£6.25£6.27£5.93
461	Telford	West Midlands	£6.25£6.27£5.92
462	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	£6.25£6.27£5.92
463	Pontypridd	Wales	£6.24£6.27£5.92
464	Lichfield	West Midlands	£6.23£6.26£5.91
465	Gorton and Denton	North West	£6.23£6.26£5.91
466	Guildford	South East	£6.22£6.24£5.90
467	Gosport	South East	£6.22£6.24£5.90
468	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	£6.21£6.23£5.89
469	Southampton Itchen	South East	£6.20£6.23£5.88
470	Gower	Wales	£6.19£6.22£5.88
471	Henley and Thame	South East	£6.18£6.20£5.86
472	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	£6.17£6.20£5.85
473	North East Fife	Scotland	£6.17£6.20£5.85
474	Caerfyrddin	Wales	£6.17£6.19£5.85
475	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£6.16£6.19£5.85
476	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	£6.15£6.18£5.83
477	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.15£6.18£5.83
478	Bridgend	Wales	£6.08£6.11£5.77
479	Congleton	North West	£6.07£6.09£5.75
480	North West Hampshire	South East	£6.06£6.09£5.75
481	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	£6.06£6.09£5.75
482	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.05£6.07£5.74
483	Rochester and Strood	South East	£6.04£6.06£5.73
484	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	£6.03£6.06£5.72
485	Bishop Auckland	North East	£6.02£6.04£5.71
486	Gloucester	South West	£6.01£6.03£5.70
487	Swindon South	South West	£6.00£6.03£5.69
488	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	£6.00£6.03£5.69
489	Portsmouth South	South East	£6.00£6.03£5.69
490	South Shropshire	West Midlands	£6.00£6.02£5.69
491	Huntingdon	East of England	£6.00£6.02£5.69
492	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	£5.99£6.01£5.68
493	Godalming and Ash	South East	£5.99£6.01£5.68
494	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.98£6.01£5.68
495	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	£5.98£6.01£5.68
496	Manchester Central	North West	£5.98£6.00£5.67
497	Edinburgh South	Scotland	£5.96£5.99£5.66
498	Newton Abbot	South West	£5.95£5.98£5.64
499	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.95£5.97£5.64
500	Thornbury and Yate	South West	£5.89£5.91£5.59
501	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	£5.84£5.87£5.54
502	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	£5.83£5.86£5.53
503	South Suffolk	East of England	£5.82£5.85£5.53
504	South West Norfolk	East of England	£5.81£5.84£5.52
505	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£5.80£5.83£5.50
506	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	£5.77£5.80£5.48
507	Arundel and South Downs	South East	£5.76£5.79£5.47
508	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	£5.76£5.79£5.46
509	Camborne and Redruth	South West	£5.75£5.78£5.46
510	Chester North and Neston	North West	£5.74£5.76£5.44
511	Cambridge	East of England	£5.74£5.76£5.44
512	North West Norfolk	East of England	£5.71£5.74£5.42
513	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	£5.69£5.71£5.39
514	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	£5.68£5.71£5.39
515	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	£5.65£5.68£5.36
516	Tewkesbury	South West	£5.65£5.67£5.36
517	Ribble Valley	North West	£5.64£5.66£5.35
518	Bournemouth West	South West	£5.64£5.66£5.35
519	Southampton Test	South East	£5.63£5.66£5.34
520	Chorley	North West	£5.63£5.65£5.34
521	Wirral West	North West	£5.61£5.64£5.32
522	Plymouth Moor View	South West	£5.60£5.62£5.31
523	Mid Norfolk	East of England	£5.59£5.61£5.30
524	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£5.58£5.60£5.29
525	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£5.57£5.60£5.29
526	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	£5.54£5.56£5.25
527	Winchester	South East	£5.52£5.54£5.24
528	Fylde	North West	£5.51£5.54£5.23
529	Thurrock	East of England	£5.51£5.53£5.22
530	New Forest West	South East	£5.49£5.52£5.21
531	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scotland	£5.47£5.49£5.19
532	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	£5.47£5.49£5.19
533	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	£5.46£5.48£5.18
534	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.43£5.45£5.15
535	Bristol Central	South West	£5.42£5.44£5.14
536	Peterborough	East of England	£5.40£5.42£5.12
537	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	£5.39£5.41£5.11
538	West Suffolk	East of England	£5.38£5.41£5.11
539	South Norfolk	East of England	£5.38£5.40£5.11
540	Bexhill and Battle	South East	£5.38£5.40£5.10
541	Bristol North East	South West	£5.36£5.38£5.09
542	St Austell and Newquay	South West	£5.34£5.37£5.07
543	Midlothian	Scotland	£5.33£5.36£5.06
544	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	£5.33£5.35£5.05
545	Bristol North West	South West	£5.28£5.31£5.01
546	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	£5.28£5.30£5.00
547	The Wrekin	West Midlands	£5.27£5.29£5.00
548	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	£5.27£5.29£5.00
549	Hamble Valley	South East	£5.25£5.28£4.98
550	St Ives	South West	£5.24£5.26£4.97
551	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	£5.22£5.25£4.96
552	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	£5.22£5.24£4.95
553	Burnley	North West	£5.22£5.24£4.95
554	North Devon	South West	£5.21£5.24£4.94
555	Stroud	South West	£5.21£5.24£4.94
556	Leicester South	East Midlands	£5.21£5.23£4.94
557	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	£5.20£5.22£4.93
558	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	£5.17£5.19£4.91
559	Sussex Weald	South East	£5.16£5.18£4.89
560	Manchester Rusholme	North West	£5.15£5.18£4.89
561	Preston	North West	£5.14£5.16£4.87
562	Christchurch	South West	£5.11£5.13£4.85
563	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£5.09£5.12£4.83
564	East Wiltshire	South West	£5.09£5.11£4.83
565	Braintree	East of England	£5.08£5.10£4.82
566	Waveney Valley	East of England	£5.07£5.09£4.81
567	West Lancashire	North West	£5.05£5.08£4.79
568	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	£5.05£5.08£4.79
569	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	£5.05£5.07£4.79
570	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	£5.04£5.06£4.78
571	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	£5.04£5.06£4.78
572	North Norfolk	East of England	£5.03£5.05£4.77
573	Yeovil	South West	£5.01£5.03£4.75
574	South Devon	South West	£5.01£5.03£4.75
575	Lothian East	Scotland	£5.00£5.02£4.75
576	Frome and East Somerset	South West	£4.98£5.01£4.73
577	Cheltenham	South West	£4.98£5.00£4.72
578	South West Devon	South West	£4.96£4.98£4.71
579	North Cornwall	South West	£4.95£4.97£4.70
580	Hexham	North East	£4.95£4.97£4.69
581	Exeter	South West	£4.94£4.96£4.68
582	North Cotswolds	South West	£4.93£4.95£4.68
583	Eastleigh	South East	£4.93£4.95£4.68
584	Oxford East	South East	£4.92£4.94£4.67
585	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£4.92£4.94£4.66
586	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	£4.91£4.94£4.66
587	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	£4.91£4.93£4.66
588	Loughborough	East Midlands	£4.90£4.92£4.65
589	Banbury	South East	£4.89£4.92£4.64
590	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	£4.87£4.89£4.62
591	South Ribble	North West	£4.85£4.87£4.60
592	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	£4.85£4.87£4.60
593	Truro and Falmouth	South West	£4.81£4.83£4.56
594	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	£4.75£4.77£4.51
595	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	£4.73£4.75£4.49
596	City of Durham	North East	£4.72£4.74£4.48
597	Bath	South West	£4.72£4.74£4.48
598	York Outer	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.71£4.73£4.47
599	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	£4.69£4.71£4.45
600	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	£4.65£4.67£4.41
601	Central Devon	South West	£4.65£4.67£4.41
602	South East Cornwall	South West	£4.61£4.63£4.38
603	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	£4.60£4.62£4.37
604	North Dorset	South West	£4.59£4.61£4.35
605	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.56£4.58£4.33
606	Barrow and Furness	North West	£4.53£4.55£4.30
607	Wrexham	Wales	£4.48£4.50£4.25
608	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.44£4.45£4.21
609	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	£4.42£4.44£4.19
610	New Forest East	South East	£4.42£4.44£4.19
611	Weston-super-Mare	South West	£4.39£4.41£4.17
612	Honiton and Sidmouth	South West	£4.34£4.36£4.12
613	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	£4.32£4.34£4.10
614	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	£4.31£4.33£4.09
615	South Dorset	South West	£4.23£4.25£4.01
616	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	£4.22£4.24£4.00
617	Carlisle	North West	£4.18£4.20£3.97
618	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	£4.15£4.17£3.93
619	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.14£4.15£3.92
620	Taunton and Wellington	South West	£4.12£4.14£3.91
621	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	£4.07£4.09£3.86
622	Witney	South East	£4.06£4.07£3.85
623	Aberdeenshire North and Moray EastLowest 10	Scotland	£4.03£4.04£3.82
624	BridgwaterLowest 10	South West	£3.95£3.97£3.75
625	SalisburyLowest 10	South West	£3.94£3.96£3.74
626	Thirsk and MaltonLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.85£3.87£3.66
627	Penrith and SolwayLowest 10	North West	£3.79£3.80£3.59
628	Westmorland and LonsdaleLowest 10	North West	£3.73£3.74£3.54
629	West DorsetLowest 10	South West	£3.63£3.65£3.44
630	Lancaster and WyreLowest 10	North West	£3.56£3.57£3.37
631	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireLowest 10	Scotland	£3.14£3.15£2.98
632	Orkney and ShetlandLowest 10	Scotland	£1.94£1.95£1.84

350 local authorities ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £7.77£7.80£7.37 per person aged 16 to 64

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Jobseeker's Allowance, per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25, local authorities
		Nation
1	South TynesideHighest 10	England	£15£15£14
2	DudleyHighest 10	England	£14£14£13
3	Milton KeynesHighest 10	England	£14£14£13
4	SunderlandHighest 10	England	£14£14£13
5	HackneyHighest 10	England	£13
6	BirminghamHighest 10	England	£12
7	Folkestone and HytheHighest 10	England	£12£12£11
8	SandwellHighest 10	England	£12£12£11
9	LambethHighest 10	England	£12£12£11
10	IslingtonHighest 10	England	£12£12£11
11	Melton	England	£11
12	Waltham Forest	England	£11£11£10
13	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	£11£11£10
14	Ealing	England	£11£11£10
15	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£11£11£10
16	Wolverhampton	England	£11£11£10
17	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£11£11£10
18	Nottingham	England	£11£11£10
19	Watford	England	£11£11£10
20	Monmouthshire	Wales	£10£11£9.93
21	Greenwich	England	£10£10£9.84
22	Wandsworth	England	£10£10£9.82
23	Thanet	England	£10£10£9.78
24	Rossendale	England	£10£10£9.76
25	Haringey	England	£10£10£9.68
26	Three Rivers	England	£10£10£9.64
27	Walsall	England	£10£10£9.53
28	Knowsley	England	£10£10£9.51
29	Sheffield	England	£10£10£9.49
30	Ashfield	England	£10.00£10£9.48
31	Richmond upon Thames	England	£9.87£9.91£9.36
32	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£9.84£9.88£9.33
33	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£9.81£9.85£9.30
34	Hertsmere	England	£9.73£9.77£9.23
35	Spelthorne	England	£9.69£9.73£9.19
36	Luton	England	£9.60£9.64£9.11
37	Brent	England	£9.59£9.63£9.10
38	St. Helens	England	£9.59£9.63£9.09
39	Lewisham	England	£9.56£9.60£9.07
40	Bedford	England	£9.48£9.53£9.00
41	Bromley	England	£9.47£9.51£8.98
42	Darlington	England	£9.46£9.50£8.97
43	Hillingdon	England	£9.44£9.48£8.95
44	Gedling	England	£9.42£9.46£8.93
45	Ipswich	England	£9.42£9.46£8.93
46	Wigan	England	£9.39£9.43£8.91
47	Buckinghamshire	England	£9.38£9.42£8.90
48	Havering	England	£9.37£9.41£8.88
49	Barking and Dagenham	England	£9.34£9.38£8.86
50	Bradford	England	£9.30£9.34£8.83
51	Bolton	England	£9.29£9.33£8.82
52	Tamworth	England	£9.29£9.33£8.81
53	Amber Valley	England	£9.23£9.27£8.75
54	North Tyneside	England	£9.22£9.26£8.75
55	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£9.21£9.25£8.74
56	Broxbourne	England	£9.21£9.25£8.73
57	Rotherham	England	£9.19£9.23£8.71
58	Newport	Wales	£9.15£9.19£8.68
59	Adur	England	£9.10£9.14£8.63
60	Brighton and Hove	England	£9.09£9.13£8.62
61	Leeds	England	£9.08£9.12£8.62
62	North Hertfordshire	England	£9.08£9.12£8.61
63	Kirklees	England	£9.06£9.10£8.59
64	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£9.03£9.07£8.56
65	Sutton	England	£9.02£9.06£8.56
66	Liverpool	England	£9.01£9.05£8.54
67	Glasgow City	Scotland	£9.00£9.04£8.54
68	Southwark	England	£8.94£8.98£8.48
69	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£8.93£8.97£8.47
70	Reading	England	£8.92£8.96£8.47
71	Dacorum	England	£8.92£8.95£8.46
72	Bracknell Forest	England	£8.90£8.94£8.45
73	South Kesteven	England	£8.90£8.94£8.44
74	Merton	England	£8.85£8.89£8.40
75	Caerphilly	Wales	£8.83£8.87£8.38
76	Enfield	England	£8.83£8.87£8.38
77	Canterbury	England	£8.83£8.86£8.37
78	Wakefield	England	£8.82£8.86£8.37
79	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£8.80£8.84£8.35
80	St Albans	England	£8.80£8.83£8.34
81	Epsom and Ewell	England	£8.79£8.83£8.34
82	Trafford	England	£8.73£8.76£8.28
83	Central Bedfordshire	England	£8.72£8.76£8.27
84	Elmbridge	England	£8.71£8.75£8.26
85	Gateshead	England	£8.70£8.74£8.25
86	Croydon	England	£8.69£8.73£8.24
87	Norwich	England	£8.64£8.68£8.19
88	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£8.63£8.67£8.19
89	Wokingham	England	£8.59£8.63£8.15
90	High Peak	England	£8.54£8.58£8.10
91	Bexley	England	£8.52£8.56£8.08
92	Isle of Wight	England	£8.51£8.55£8.07
93	Broxtowe	England	£8.48£8.52£8.04
94	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£8.47£8.51£8.04
95	Barnet	England	£8.47£8.51£8.04
96	South Holland	England	£8.44£8.47£8.00
97	Rushcliffe	England	£8.40£8.44£7.97
98	Chesterfield	England	£8.39£8.43£7.96
99	Lincoln	England	£8.36£8.39£7.93
100	Erewash	England	£8.36£8.39£7.93
101	Doncaster	England	£8.33£8.36£7.90
102	Tower Hamlets	England	£8.32£8.35£7.89
103	Stockport	England	£8.27£8.30£7.84
104	Hounslow	England	£8.26£8.30£7.84
105	Redbridge	England	£8.25£8.28£7.82
106	West Northamptonshire	England	£8.22£8.25£7.79
107	Stevenage	England	£8.21£8.24£7.78
108	Camden	England	£8.20£8.23£7.78
109	Runnymede	England	£8.19£8.23£7.77
110	Hyndburn	England	£8.18£8.21£7.76
111	Dover	England	£8.12£8.16£7.71
112	Hart	England	£8.12£8.16£7.70
113	Crawley	England	£8.10£8.14£7.69
114	Solihull	England	£8.10£8.13£7.68
115	Coventry	England	£8.10£8.13£7.68
116	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£8.08£8.11£7.66
117	Epping Forest	England	£8.08£8.11£7.66
118	Sefton	England	£8.04£8.07£7.63
119	Conwy	Wales	£8.01£8.05£7.60
120	Havant	England	£7.99£8.03£7.58
121	Warwick	England	£7.99£8.02£7.58
122	Mole Valley	England	£7.97£8.00£7.56
123	Southend-on-Sea	England	£7.96£8.00£7.55
124	Salford	England	£7.96£7.99£7.55
125	Redditch	England	£7.95£7.98£7.54
126	Basildon	England	£7.95£7.98£7.54
127	Colchester	England	£7.93£7.96£7.52
128	Brentwood	England	£7.90£7.94£7.50
129	Swale	England	£7.90£7.93£7.49
130	Gravesham	England	£7.89£7.92£7.48
131	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£7.88£7.91£7.47
132	North Northamptonshire	England	£7.87£7.91£7.47
133	Newark and Sherwood	England	£7.87£7.91£7.47
134	Chelmsford	England	£7.87£7.90£7.47
135	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£7.86£7.90£7.46
136	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£7.85£7.89£7.45
137	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£7.84£7.87£7.44
138	Rochdale	England	£7.82£7.85£7.42
139	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£7.81£7.85£7.41
140	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£7.80£7.83£7.40
141	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£7.79£7.82£7.39
142	Inverclyde	Scotland	£7.77£7.81£7.37
143	Denbighshire	Wales	£7.76£7.80£7.36
144	Harrow	England	£7.71£7.74£7.31
145	Tameside	England	£7.68£7.72£7.29
146	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£7.67£7.71£7.28
147	Halton	England	£7.67£7.70£7.28
148	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£7.66£7.70£7.27
149	Woking	England	£7.65£7.68£7.26
150	Tendring	England	£7.65£7.68£7.25
151	Wirral	England	£7.63£7.67£7.24
152	Surrey Heath	England	£7.62£7.65£7.23
153	Fife	Scotland	£7.61£7.64£7.22
154	Middlesbrough	England	£7.59£7.62£7.20
155	Pendle	England	£7.57£7.61£7.18
156	Torbay	England	£7.55£7.59£7.16
157	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£7.55£7.58£7.16
158	Derby	England	£7.55£7.58£7.16
159	Bury	England	£7.54£7.58£7.16
160	Bromsgrove	England	£7.51£7.54£7.12
161	North Lincolnshire	England	£7.50£7.53£7.11
162	Westminster	England	£7.49£7.52£7.11
163	Angus	Scotland	£7.46£7.49£7.07
164	Slough	England	£7.43£7.47£7.05
165	Bolsover	England	£7.43£7.46£7.05
166	Dartford	England	£7.43£7.46£7.05
167	Oadby and Wigston	England	£7.42£7.45£7.04
168	Northumberland	England	£7.41£7.44£7.03
169	Torfaen	Wales	£7.40£7.43£7.02
170	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£7.39£7.42£7.01
171	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£7.38£7.41£7.00
172	Worthing	England	£7.37£7.40£6.99
173	Hastings	England	£7.37£7.40£6.99
174	North Warwickshire	England	£7.34£7.37£6.96
175	Harlow	England	£7.31£7.34£6.93
176	West Lindsey	England	£7.30£7.33£6.93
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£7.29£7.32£6.91
178	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£7.29£7.32£6.91
179	Rochford	England	£7.28£7.32£6.91
180	Kingston upon Thames	England	£7.28£7.31£6.91
181	Dundee City	Scotland	£7.28£7.31£6.91
182	Swansea	Wales	£7.25£7.28£6.88
183	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£7.25£7.28£6.88
184	Arun	England	£7.21£7.24£6.84
185	Rushmoor	England	£7.21£7.24£6.84
186	Mansfield	England	£7.20£7.23£6.83
187	Newham	England	£7.18£7.21£6.81
188	Forest of Dean	England	£7.13£7.16£6.76
189	East Hampshire	England	£7.12£7.15£6.75
190	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£7.08£7.11£6.72
191	East Hertfordshire	England	£7.08£7.11£6.72
192	Warrington	England	£7.06£7.09£6.69
193	South Cambridgeshire	England	£7.03£7.06£6.67
194	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£7.01£7.04£6.65
195	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£6.97£7.00£6.61
196	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£6.96£6.99£6.60
197	Barnsley	England	£6.94£6.97£6.59
198	Tunbridge Wells	England	£6.94£6.97£6.58
199	Wychavon	England	£6.91£6.94£6.55
200	Reigate and Banstead	England	£6.90£6.93£6.54
201	West Berkshire	England	£6.89£6.92£6.53
202	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£6.88£6.91£6.53
203	Eastbourne	England	£6.87£6.90£6.52
204	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£6.85£6.88£6.50
205	Calderdale	England	£6.81£6.83£6.45
206	North East Derbyshire	England	£6.79£6.82£6.44
207	Bassetlaw	England	£6.78£6.81£6.43
208	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£6.78£6.81£6.43
209	Cheshire East	England	£6.72£6.75£6.38
210	Worcester	England	£6.72£6.74£6.37
211	Rugby	England	£6.70£6.73£6.35
212	Shropshire	England	£6.68£6.71£6.34
213	Broadland	England	£6.68£6.71£6.34
214	Horsham	England	£6.66£6.69£6.32
215	East Lindsey	England	£6.66£6.69£6.31
216	Harborough	England	£6.65£6.68£6.31
217	Castle Point	England	£6.64£6.67£6.30
218	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£6.63£6.66£6.29
219	Blaby	England	£6.62£6.64£6.28
220	West Lothian	Scotland	£6.60£6.63£6.26
221	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£6.57£6.60£6.23
222	Cardiff	Wales	£6.56£6.59£6.22
223	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£6.55£6.58£6.22
224	Maldon	England	£6.55£6.58£6.21
225	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£6.55£6.58£6.21
226	Hartlepool	England	£6.54£6.57£6.21
227	Ashford	England	£6.53£6.56£6.19
228	Blackpool	England	£6.53£6.55£6.19
229	Maidstone	England	£6.53£6.55£6.19
230	County Durham	England	£6.51£6.54£6.17
231	Mid Sussex	England	£6.48£6.50£6.14
232	Portsmouth	England	£6.45£6.48£6.12
233	Bridgend	Wales	£6.45£6.48£6.12
234	Wyre	England	£6.45£6.48£6.12
235	East Cambridgeshire	England	£6.45£6.47£6.12
236	Leicester	England	£6.44£6.47£6.11
237	Cannock Chase	England	£6.44£6.46£6.10
238	Waverley	England	£6.41£6.44£6.08
239	Lewes	England	£6.41£6.44£6.08
240	Gosport	England	£6.41£6.43£6.08
241	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£6.40£6.43£6.07
242	Swindon	England	£6.39£6.42£6.06
243	Falkirk	Scotland	£6.38£6.41£6.05
244	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£6.38£6.40£6.05
245	Bristol, City of	England	£6.37£6.40£6.05
246	Tandridge	England	£6.37£6.40£6.04
247	Chichester	England	£6.37£6.40£6.04
248	Wyre Forest	England	£6.33£6.36£6.01
249	Lichfield	England	£6.33£6.36£6.01
250	Sevenoaks	England	£6.32£6.35£5.99
251	Flintshire	Wales	£6.30£6.33£5.98
252	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£6.25£6.28£5.93
253	Huntingdonshire	England	£6.14£6.16£5.82
254	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£6.14£6.16£5.82
255	Vale of White Horse	England	£6.12£6.15£5.81
256	South Oxfordshire	England	£6.12£6.14£5.80
257	Manchester	England	£6.11£6.14£5.80
258	Fenland	England	£6.10£6.13£5.79
259	East Staffordshire	England	£6.10£6.12£5.78
260	Gloucester	England	£6.08£6.11£5.77
261	Derbyshire Dales	England	£6.06£6.09£5.75
262	North East Lincolnshire	England	£6.03£6.05£5.72
263	Guildford	England	£5.99£6.02£5.68
264	Mid Suffolk	England	£5.98£6.00£5.67
265	South Staffordshire	England	£5.95£5.97£5.64
266	Telford and Wrekin	England	£5.93£5.96£5.63
267	Boston	England	£5.92£5.94£5.61
268	Malvern Hills	England	£5.90£5.93£5.60
269	Stafford	England	£5.90£5.92£5.60
270	Medway	England	£5.89£5.92£5.59
271	Uttlesford	England	£5.85£5.88£5.55
272	Babergh	England	£5.84£5.87£5.54
273	Wiltshire	England	£5.83£5.86£5.53
274	Breckland	England	£5.82£5.85£5.52
275	Charnwood	England	£5.76£5.78£5.46
276	Teignbridge	England	£5.75£5.77£5.45
277	Fylde	England	£5.72£5.75£5.43
278	North Kesteven	England	£5.69£5.72£5.40
279	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£5.69£5.71£5.39
280	Tewkesbury	England	£5.67£5.70£5.38
281	East Suffolk	England	£5.67£5.69£5.38
282	Ribble Valley	England	£5.65£5.68£5.36
283	Rutland	England	£5.64£5.67£5.35
284	Southampton	England	£5.63£5.66£5.34
285	South Norfolk	England	£5.63£5.65£5.34
286	Winchester	England	£5.58£5.61£5.30
287	Moray	Scotland	£5.58£5.60£5.29
288	Fareham	England	£5.58£5.60£5.29
289	Plymouth	England	£5.57£5.60£5.29
290	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£5.56£5.59£5.28
291	Braintree	England	£5.53£5.56£5.25
292	South Ribble	England	£5.52£5.55£5.24
293	Thurrock	England	£5.51£5.53£5.22
294	East Lothian	Scotland	£5.50£5.52£5.22
295	North Yorkshire	England	£5.49£5.51£5.20
296	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£5.48£5.51£5.20
297	Peterborough	England	£5.47£5.49£5.19
298	North Somerset	England	£5.44£5.47£5.16
299	Oldham	England	£5.44£5.46£5.16
300	Powys	Wales	£5.43£5.46£5.15
301	Cambridge	England	£5.42£5.45£5.15
302	Chorley	England	£5.42£5.45£5.14
303	Ceredigion	Wales	£5.42£5.44£5.14
304	Midlothian	Scotland	£5.33£5.36£5.06
305	Rother	England	£5.33£5.35£5.05
306	South Derbyshire	England	£5.32£5.35£5.05
307	Stroud	England	£5.31£5.33£5.04
308	Torridge	England	£5.29£5.31£5.01
309	Preston	England	£5.25£5.28£4.98
310	Cotswold	England	£5.24£5.27£4.97
311	North Devon	England	£5.23£5.26£4.96
312	Wealden	England	£5.23£5.25£4.96
313	Herefordshire, County of	England	£5.21£5.23£4.94
314	Stirling	Scotland	£5.21£5.23£4.94
315	North Norfolk	England	£5.20£5.22£4.93
316	West Suffolk	England	£5.16£5.18£4.90
317	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£5.15£5.17£4.89
318	Cornwall	England	£5.14£5.16£4.87
319	Gwynedd	Wales	£5.12£5.14£4.85
320	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£5.03£5.05£4.77
321	Eastleigh	England	£4.99£5.01£4.73
322	New Forest	England	£4.92£4.94£4.66
323	Cherwell	England	£4.91£4.93£4.66
324	Cheltenham	England	£4.91£4.93£4.66
325	North West Leicestershire	England	£4.89£4.91£4.64
326	Burnley	England	£4.89£4.91£4.64
327	Test Valley	England	£4.82£4.84£4.57
328	South Gloucestershire	England	£4.79£4.81£4.54
329	West Lancashire	England	£4.76£4.78£4.52
330	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£4.74£4.76£4.50
331	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£4.73£4.75£4.48
332	East Devon	England	£4.72£4.74£4.48
333	Exeter	England	£4.67£4.69£4.43
334	Somerset	England	£4.58£4.60£4.35
335	Wrexham	Wales	£4.57£4.59£4.34
336	Lancaster	England	£4.46£4.48£4.23
337	York	England	£4.46£4.48£4.23
338	Dorset	England	£4.36£4.38£4.13
339	South Hams	England	£4.31£4.33£4.09
340	Mid Devon	England	£4.27£4.29£4.05
341	West DevonLowest 10	England	£4.26£4.28£4.04
342	Westmorland and FurnessLowest 10	England	£4.26£4.27£4.04
343	West OxfordshireLowest 10	England	£4.09£4.10£3.88
344	OxfordLowest 10	England	£4.08£4.10£3.87
345	City of LondonLowest 10	England	£4.05£4.06£3.84
346	CumberlandLowest 10	England	£4.02£4.04£3.82
347	HighlandLowest 10	Scotland	£3.50£3.51£3.32
348	Shetland IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	£2.70£2.71£2.56
349	Orkney IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	£0.97£0.98£0.92
350	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.