Rankings · Jobseeker's Allowance

Spending on Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident

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 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: £4.89£4.91£4.64 per resident

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Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident, 2024-25, constituencies
		Region
1	Hackney South and ShoreditchHighest 10	London	£10£10£9.88
2	Birmingham LadywoodHighest 10	West Midlands	£10£10£9.83
3	Birmingham Perry BarrHighest 10	West Midlands	£10£10£9.53
4	Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonHighest 10	London	£9.77£9.81£9.26
5	StourbridgeHighest 10	West Midlands	£9.51£9.55£9.02
6	Clapham and Brixton HillHighest 10	London	£9.46£9.50£8.98
7	Islington NorthHighest 10	London	£9.42£9.46£8.94
8	Vauxhall and Camberwell GreenHighest 10	London	£9.41£9.45£8.93
9	Milton Keynes CentralHighest 10	South East	£9.03£9.07£8.56
10	Birmingham EdgbastonHighest 10	West Midlands	£9.01£9.05£8.55
11	Dudley	West Midlands	£9.01£9.05£8.54
12	Battersea	London	£8.98£9.02£8.52
13	South Shields	North East	£8.85£8.89£8.40
14	Ealing Central and Acton	London	£8.74£8.77£8.29
15	Islington South and Finsbury	London	£8.70£8.73£8.25
16	Sunderland Central	North East	£8.58£8.61£8.14
17	Walthamstow	London	£8.39£8.43£7.96
18	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£8.39£8.42£7.96
19	Milton Keynes North	South East	£8.35£8.38£7.92
20	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	£8.34£8.37£7.91
21	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	£8.29£8.33£7.86
22	Nottingham East	East Midlands	£8.19£8.22£7.77
23	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	£7.88£7.92£7.48
24	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	£7.82£7.85£7.42
25	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	£7.78£7.81£7.38
26	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	£7.75£7.78£7.35
27	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	£7.72£7.75£7.32
28	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	£7.68£7.71£7.28
29	Tottenham	London	£7.67£7.70£7.27
30	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	£7.65£7.68£7.26
31	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	£7.64£7.68£7.25
32	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	£7.58£7.62£7.19
33	Tooting	London	£7.56£7.60£7.18
34	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	£7.53£7.56£7.14
35	Liverpool West Derby	North West	£7.52£7.56£7.14
36	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	£7.51£7.54£7.13
37	Smethwick	West Midlands	£7.50£7.53£7.12
38	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	£7.45£7.49£7.07
39	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	£7.40£7.43£7.02
40	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	£7.40£7.43£7.02
41	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	£7.38£7.41£7.00
42	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.37£7.41£7.00
43	Wycombe	South East	£7.36£7.39£6.98
44	Ealing Southall	London	£7.36£7.39£6.98
45	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	£7.33£7.36£6.95
46	West Bromwich	West Midlands	£7.28£7.31£6.90
47	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.28£7.31£6.90
48	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	£7.23£7.26£6.86
49	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£7.20£7.23£6.83
50	Halesowen	West Midlands	£7.15£7.18£6.78
51	Watford	East of England	£7.15£7.18£6.78
52	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£7.13£7.17£6.77
53	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	£7.11£7.14£6.75
54	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	£7.11£7.14£6.74
55	Streatham and Croydon North	London	£7.05£7.08£6.69
56	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.98£7.01£6.62
57	Hove and Portslade	South East	£6.96£6.99£6.60
58	Leyton and Wanstead	London	£6.95£6.98£6.59
59	Brighton Pavilion	South East	£6.92£6.95£6.56
60	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	£6.91£6.94£6.56
61	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.89£6.92£6.54
62	Glasgow North East	Scotland	£6.87£6.90£6.52
63	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.87£6.89£6.51
64	Putney	London	£6.86£6.89£6.51
65	Holborn and St Pancras	London	£6.86£6.89£6.50
66	Brent East	London	£6.84£6.86£6.48
67	Twickenham	London	£6.83£6.86£6.48
68	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.81£6.84£6.46
69	Lewisham East	London	£6.80£6.83£6.45
70	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	£6.79£6.82£6.44
71	Glasgow South West	Scotland	£6.75£6.78£6.40
72	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	£6.72£6.75£6.38
73	Bedford	East of England	£6.72£6.74£6.37
74	Reading Central	South East	£6.67£6.70£6.33
75	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	£6.63£6.66£6.29
76	Wigan	North West	£6.59£6.62£6.25
77	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.57£6.60£6.23
78	Poplar and Limehouse	London	£6.57£6.59£6.23
79	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	£6.57£6.59£6.23
80	Glasgow West	Scotland	£6.57£6.59£6.23
81	Bolton North East	North West	£6.53£6.55£6.19
82	Barking	London	£6.52£6.55£6.19
83	Southgate and Wood Green	London	£6.52£6.55£6.18
84	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	£6.51£6.54£6.18
85	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	£6.50£6.53£6.17
86	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.50£6.53£6.17
87	Lewisham North	London	£6.45£6.48£6.12
88	Beckenham and Penge	London	£6.45£6.48£6.12
89	Glasgow South	Scotland	£6.45£6.47£6.12
90	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.44£6.46£6.10
91	Ipswich	East of England	£6.41£6.44£6.08
92	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	£6.41£6.44£6.08
93	Erith and Thamesmead	London	£6.41£6.43£6.08
94	Maidenhead	South East	£6.41£6.43£6.08
95	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.41£6.43£6.08
96	Bootle	North West	£6.41£6.43£6.08
97	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.39£6.41£6.06
98	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	£6.37£6.40£6.04
99	Liverpool Garston	North West	£6.37£6.40£6.04
100	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	£6.36£6.39£6.03
101	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	£6.36£6.39£6.03
102	Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	£6.34£6.37£6.02
103	Ealing North	London	£6.32£6.34£5.99
104	Aylesbury	South East	£6.32£6.34£5.99
105	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.31£6.34£5.99
106	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.31£6.34£5.98
107	Newport East	Wales	£6.29£6.32£5.97
108	Coventry North West	West Midlands	£6.28£6.31£5.96
109	Stratford and Bow	London	£6.28£6.31£5.96
110	Nottingham South	East Midlands	£6.27£6.30£5.95
111	Stretford and Urmston	North West	£6.26£6.28£5.94
112	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	£6.23£6.26£5.91
113	Carshalton and Wallington	London	£6.21£6.24£5.89
114	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£6.17£6.19£5.85
115	Peckham	London	£6.16£6.19£5.85
116	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	£6.15£6.18£5.83
117	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	£6.15£6.18£5.83
118	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	£6.14£6.17£5.82
119	East Thanet	South East	£6.13£6.15£5.81
120	Mitcham and Morden	London	£6.12£6.14£5.80
121	Ashfield	East Midlands	£6.08£6.10£5.76
122	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	£6.07£6.09£5.75
123	Monmouthshire	Wales	£6.06£6.09£5.75
124	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	£6.06£6.09£5.75
125	Spelthorne	South East	£6.05£6.08£5.74
126	Darlington	North East	£6.04£6.06£5.73
127	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	£6.02£6.04£5.71
128	Gedling	East Midlands	£6.02£6.04£5.71
129	Beaconsfield	South East	£5.98£6.00£5.67
130	Dagenham and Rainham	London	£5.97£6.00£5.67
131	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	£5.95£5.97£5.64
132	Glasgow East	Scotland	£5.95£5.97£5.64
133	Stockport	North West	£5.94£5.97£5.64
134	Stockton North	North East	£5.93£5.95£5.62
135	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	£5.91£5.94£5.61
136	Chipping Barnet	London	£5.91£5.93£5.60
137	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	£5.91£5.93£5.60
138	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	£5.91£5.93£5.60
139	Northampton North	East Midlands	£5.91£5.93£5.60
140	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	£5.89£5.91£5.58
141	Hampstead and Highgate	London	£5.87£5.89£5.57
142	Enfield North	London	£5.86£5.89£5.56
143	Brent West	London	£5.84£5.86£5.54
144	St Albans	East of England	£5.83£5.86£5.53
145	Chelsea and Fulham	London	£5.80£5.83£5.51
146	Knowsley	North West	£5.78£5.81£5.49
147	Wimbledon	London	£5.78£5.80£5.48
148	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	£5.77£5.80£5.48
149	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	£5.77£5.79£5.47
150	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	£5.75£5.78£5.46
151	St Helens North	North West	£5.75£5.78£5.46
152	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	£5.74£5.77£5.45
153	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	£5.74£5.76£5.44
154	Worsley and Eccles	North West	£5.74£5.76£5.44
155	Romford	London	£5.74£5.76£5.44
156	Luton North	East of England	£5.73£5.76£5.44
157	Nuneaton	West Midlands	£5.72£5.75£5.43
158	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.71£5.73£5.41
159	West Ham and Beckton	London	£5.70£5.72£5.40
160	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	£5.69£5.71£5.39
161	Liverpool Walton	North West	£5.68£5.70£5.38
162	Broxbourne	East of England	£5.68£5.70£5.38
163	Norwich South	East of England	£5.67£5.70£5.38
164	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	£5.67£5.69£5.37
165	North Bedfordshire	East of England	£5.66£5.69£5.37
166	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	£5.66£5.69£5.37
167	Orpington	London	£5.64£5.66£5.35
168	Kettering	East Midlands	£5.63£5.66£5.34
169	Leigh and Atherton	North West	£5.63£5.65£5.34
170	Croydon East	London	£5.63£5.65£5.34
171	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	£5.62£5.65£5.34
172	Esher and Walton	South East	£5.62£5.65£5.33
173	Hertsmere	East of England	£5.61£5.64£5.32
174	Hitchin	East of England	£5.60£5.62£5.31
175	Croydon West	London	£5.59£5.61£5.30
176	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	£5.58£5.60£5.29
177	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	£5.57£5.59£5.28
178	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£5.55£5.58£5.27
179	Kensington and Bayswater	London	£5.55£5.57£5.26
180	Wallasey	North West	£5.54£5.57£5.26
181	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.51£5.53£5.22
182	Glasgow North	Scotland	£5.50£5.53£5.22
183	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.50£5.53£5.22
184	Hayes and Harlington	London	£5.50£5.53£5.22
185	Norwich North	East of England	£5.49£5.52£5.21
186	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	£5.48£5.51£5.20
187	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.47£5.50£5.19
188	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	£5.46£5.48£5.18
189	Wokingham	South East	£5.44£5.46£5.16
190	Bristol East	South West	£5.42£5.45£5.14
191	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	£5.42£5.44£5.14
192	Brentford and Isleworth	London	£5.41£5.43£5.13
193	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.40£5.42£5.12
194	Makerfield	North West	£5.39£5.42£5.12
195	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£5.39£5.42£5.11
196	Erewash	East Midlands	£5.39£5.41£5.11
197	Basingstoke	South East	£5.38£5.41£5.11
198	Lincoln	East Midlands	£5.38£5.40£5.10
199	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£5.38£5.40£5.10
200	Bracknell	South East	£5.37£5.40£5.10
201	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	£5.37£5.39£5.09
202	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.37£5.39£5.09
203	Epping Forest	East of England	£5.36£5.39£5.09
204	Newark	East Midlands	£5.36£5.39£5.09
205	Croydon South	London	£5.36£5.39£5.09
206	Dundee Central	Scotland	£5.36£5.38£5.08
207	Coventry East	West Midlands	£5.36£5.38£5.08
208	Caerphilly	Wales	£5.36£5.38£5.08
209	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£5.34£5.37£5.07
210	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	£5.34£5.36£5.07
211	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	£5.34£5.36£5.07
212	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.33£5.35£5.06
213	Tamworth	West Midlands	£5.33£5.35£5.06
214	Sutton and Cheam	London	£5.31£5.33£5.04
215	Crawley	South East	£5.30£5.33£5.03
216	Swansea West	Wales	£5.30£5.32£5.03
217	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	£5.30£5.32£5.02
218	Hendon	London	£5.29£5.31£5.02
219	Aberdeen South	Scotland	£5.29£5.31£5.02
220	Chesham and Amersham	South East	£5.28£5.30£5.01
221	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.28£5.30£5.01
222	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.27£5.30£5.00
223	Salford	North West	£5.26£5.29£4.99
224	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.26£5.28£4.99
225	Isle of Wight East	South East	£5.25£5.28£4.98
226	Richmond Park	London	£5.25£5.28£4.98
227	Finchley and Golders Green	London	£5.25£5.27£4.98
228	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.24£5.26£4.97
229	Ilford North	London	£5.24£5.26£4.97
230	Birkenhead	North West	£5.23£5.25£4.96
231	Chelmsford	East of England	£5.23£5.25£4.96
232	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	£5.21£5.24£4.94
233	Widnes and Halewood	North West	£5.21£5.23£4.94
234	Harrow West	London	£5.21£5.23£4.94
235	Rutherglen	Scotland	£5.20£5.22£4.93
236	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	£5.18£5.20£4.92
237	Clwyd North	Wales	£5.17£5.19£4.90
238	Manchester Withington	North West	£5.17£5.19£4.90
239	Canterbury	South East	£5.16£5.18£4.89
240	High Peak	East Midlands	£5.16£5.18£4.89
241	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	£5.15£5.17£4.88
242	Hyndburn	North West	£5.14£5.16£4.88
243	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	£5.14£5.16£4.87
244	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	£5.14£5.16£4.87
245	Colchester	East of England	£5.13£5.16£4.87
246	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£5.13£5.16£4.87
247	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.11£5.13£4.85
248	Stevenage	East of England	£5.09£5.11£4.83
249	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	£5.09£5.11£4.82
250	Ilford South	London	£5.09£5.11£4.82
251	Northampton South	East Midlands	£5.08£5.10£4.82
252	Earley and Woodley	South East	£5.07£5.10£4.81
253	Feltham and Heston	London	£5.06£5.09£4.80
254	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£5.06£5.08£4.80
255	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.06£5.08£4.80
256	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	£5.04£5.06£4.78
257	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.00£5.02£4.75
258	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	£5.00£5.02£4.74
259	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	£5.00£5.02£4.74
260	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.96£4.98£4.71
261	Derby North	East Midlands	£4.96£4.98£4.71
262	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£4.95£4.97£4.69
263	Kingston and Surbiton	London	£4.94£4.96£4.69
264	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	£4.94£4.96£4.68
265	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	£4.94£4.96£4.68
266	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	£4.93£4.95£4.68
267	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	£4.93£4.95£4.68
268	Windsor	South East	£4.93£4.95£4.67
269	Slough	South East	£4.92£4.94£4.67
270	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	£4.92£4.94£4.66
271	Rochdale	North West	£4.92£4.94£4.66
272	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	£4.91£4.93£4.66
273	Dartford	South East	£4.90£4.93£4.65
274	Daventry	East Midlands	£4.90£4.92£4.64
275	Cardiff East	Wales	£4.89£4.91£4.64
276	Gravesham	South East	£4.88£4.91£4.63
277	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	£4.88£4.90£4.63
278	Cities of London and Westminster	London	£4.88£4.90£4.63
279	Bury South	North West	£4.87£4.89£4.62
280	Woking	South East	£4.86£4.89£4.61
281	Bristol South	South West	£4.86£4.88£4.61
282	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	£4.86£4.88£4.61
283	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	£4.85£4.87£4.60
284	Liverpool Riverside	North West	£4.85£4.87£4.60
285	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	£4.84£4.86£4.59
286	Hazel Grove	North West	£4.82£4.85£4.58
287	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.82£4.84£4.57
288	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	£4.80£4.82£4.55
289	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.80£4.82£4.55
290	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	£4.79£4.81£4.54
291	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	£4.79£4.81£4.54
292	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	£4.79£4.81£4.54
293	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	£4.79£4.81£4.54
294	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	£4.79£4.81£4.54
295	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	£4.78£4.80£4.54
296	Blaydon and Consett	North East	£4.78£4.80£4.53
297	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	£4.77£4.79£4.53
298	Aldershot	South East	£4.77£4.79£4.52
299	North East Hampshire	South East	£4.76£4.78£4.52
300	Redditch	West Midlands	£4.76£4.78£4.51
301	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	£4.76£4.78£4.51
302	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	£4.75£4.77£4.50
303	Derby South	East Midlands	£4.74£4.76£4.50
304	Harrow East	London	£4.73£4.75£4.48
305	Leicester East	East Midlands	£4.72£4.74£4.47
306	Easington	North East	£4.68£4.70£4.44
307	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£4.68£4.70£4.43
308	Coventry South	West Midlands	£4.67£4.69£4.43
309	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	£4.66£4.68£4.42
310	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	£4.66£4.68£4.42
311	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	£4.65£4.67£4.41
312	Surrey Heath	South East	£4.65£4.67£4.41
313	East Ham	London	£4.64£4.66£4.40
314	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	£4.63£4.65£4.39
315	Havant	South East	£4.63£4.65£4.39
316	Leicester West	East Midlands	£4.63£4.65£4.39
317	Mansfield	East Midlands	£4.63£4.65£4.39
318	Torbay	South West	£4.62£4.64£4.38
319	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.61£4.63£4.38
320	Dover and Deal	South East	£4.61£4.63£4.38
321	Bolton West	North West	£4.61£4.63£4.37
322	Bolsover	East Midlands	£4.60£4.62£4.36
323	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£4.60£4.62£4.36
324	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	£4.59£4.61£4.35
325	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£4.58£4.60£4.34
326	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	£4.58£4.60£4.34
327	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	£4.58£4.60£4.34
328	Worthing West	South East	£4.58£4.60£4.34
329	Aberdeen North	Scotland	£4.58£4.60£4.34
330	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	£4.58£4.60£4.34
331	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£4.54£4.56£4.31
332	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scotland	£4.54£4.56£4.31
333	Manchester Central	North West	£4.54£4.56£4.30
334	Warrington South	North West	£4.53£4.55£4.30
335	Harlow	East of England	£4.53£4.55£4.30
336	Bristol Central	South West	£4.50£4.52£4.27
337	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	£4.49£4.51£4.26
338	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	£4.49£4.51£4.26
339	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	East of England	£4.48£4.50£4.25
340	Torfaen	Wales	£4.47£4.49£4.24
341	Tynemouth	North East	£4.45£4.47£4.22
342	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.45£4.47£4.22
343	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	£4.44£4.46£4.21
344	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	£4.44£4.46£4.21
345	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£4.43£4.45£4.21
346	Chippenham	South West	£4.42£4.44£4.20
347	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	£4.42£4.44£4.19
348	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£4.40£4.42£4.18
349	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.40£4.42£4.17
350	Bournemouth East	South West	£4.40£4.41£4.17
351	Cardiff North	Wales	£4.39£4.41£4.16
352	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£4.39£4.41£4.16
353	Ynys Môn	Wales	£4.38£4.40£4.16
354	Portsmouth North	South East	£4.38£4.40£4.16
355	North Durham	North East	£4.38£4.40£4.15
356	Blyth and Ashington	North East	£4.38£4.40£4.15
357	Rugby	West Midlands	£4.36£4.38£4.14
358	Mid Cheshire	North West	£4.36£4.38£4.13
359	Ashford	South East	£4.34£4.36£4.12
360	Worcester	West Midlands	£4.34£4.36£4.12
361	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£4.31£4.33£4.09
362	Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.29£4.31£4.07
363	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£4.29£4.31£4.07
364	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	£4.29£4.31£4.07
365	Horsham	South East	£4.28£4.30£4.06
366	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.28£4.30£4.06
367	Cambridge	East of England	£4.28£4.30£4.06
368	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	£4.27£4.29£4.05
369	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.26£4.28£4.04
370	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£4.26£4.27£4.04
371	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£4.25£4.27£4.04
372	Portsmouth South	South East	£4.23£4.25£4.02
373	Reigate	South East	£4.23£4.25£4.01
374	Hastings and Rye	South East	£4.23£4.24£4.01
375	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	£4.22£4.24£4.01
376	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£4.22£4.24£4.01
377	Swindon North	South West	£4.22£4.24£4.00
378	East Hampshire	South East	£4.21£4.23£4.00
379	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	£4.21£4.23£4.00
380	Tatton	North West	£4.21£4.23£3.99
381	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	£4.21£4.23£3.99
382	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	£4.21£4.23£3.99
383	Gainsborough	East Midlands	£4.20£4.22£3.98
384	Southampton Itchen	South East	£4.20£4.22£3.98
385	Redcar	North East	£4.20£4.22£3.98
386	Guildford	South East	£4.19£4.21£3.97
387	Livingston	Scotland	£4.17£4.18£3.95
388	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	£4.16£4.18£3.95
389	Macclesfield	North West	£4.15£4.17£3.94
390	Maidstone and Malling	South East	£4.15£4.17£3.94
391	Bury North	North West	£4.14£4.16£3.93
392	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	£4.14£4.16£3.93
393	Farnham and Bordon	South East	£4.13£4.15£3.92
394	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.13£4.15£3.92
395	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	£4.13£4.15£3.92
396	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£4.13£4.14£3.91
397	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	£4.12£4.14£3.91
398	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	£4.12£4.14£3.91
399	Falkirk	Scotland	£4.11£4.13£3.90
400	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£4.11£4.13£3.90
401	Dorking and Horley	South East	£4.10£4.12£3.89
402	Blackburn	North West	£4.10£4.12£3.89
403	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	£4.10£4.12£3.89
404	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£4.09£4.11£3.88
405	Blackpool South	North West	£4.08£4.10£3.87
406	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	£4.08£4.10£3.87
407	Cheadle	North West	£4.06£4.08£3.85
408	Tonbridge	South East	£4.05£4.07£3.84
409	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	£4.05£4.06£3.84
410	Eastbourne	South East	£4.04£4.05£3.83
411	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	£4.03£4.05£3.82
412	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	£4.03£4.04£3.82
413	Manchester Rusholme	North West	£4.01£4.03£3.80
414	Forest of Dean	South West	£4.00£4.02£3.80
415	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£4.00£4.02£3.80
416	Maldon	East of England	£4.00£4.02£3.79
417	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	£3.99£4.01£3.79
418	Cardiff West	Wales	£3.99£4.00£3.78
419	Gorton and Denton	North West	£3.99£4.00£3.78
420	Isle of Wight West	South East	£3.98£4.00£3.78
421	Hartlepool	North East	£3.98£4.00£3.78
422	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£3.98£3.99£3.77
423	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.97£3.99£3.77
424	East Surrey	South East	£3.97£3.99£3.77
425	Edinburgh South	Scotland	£3.97£3.99£3.76
426	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	£3.97£3.98£3.76
427	Witham	East of England	£3.96£3.98£3.76
428	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	£3.96£3.98£3.76
429	Edinburgh West	Scotland	£3.96£3.98£3.76
430	Stockton West	North East	£3.96£3.98£3.76
431	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	£3.95£3.97£3.75
432	Pontypridd	Wales	£3.94£3.96£3.74
433	Warrington North	North West	£3.94£3.95£3.73
434	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£3.93£3.95£3.73
435	Didcot and Wantage	South East	£3.93£3.95£3.73
436	Swindon South	South West	£3.93£3.95£3.73
437	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	£3.93£3.94£3.72
438	Telford	West Midlands	£3.92£3.94£3.72
439	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	£3.92£3.94£3.72
440	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	£3.91£3.93£3.71
441	Newbury	South East	£3.91£3.93£3.71
442	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	£3.91£3.93£3.71
443	North Shropshire	West Midlands	£3.90£3.92£3.70
444	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	£3.90£3.92£3.70
445	South Cotswolds	South West	£3.90£3.92£3.70
446	North West Essex	East of England	£3.89£3.91£3.69
447	Poole	South West	£3.89£3.91£3.69
448	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.89£3.90£3.69
449	Lowestoft	East of England	£3.89£3.90£3.69
450	Southampton Test	South East	£3.88£3.90£3.68
451	Gloucester	South West	£3.88£3.89£3.68
452	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	£3.87£3.89£3.67
453	Clacton	East of England	£3.87£3.88£3.67
454	Chichester	South East	£3.85£3.87£3.65
455	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	£3.85£3.86£3.65
456	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	£3.85£3.86£3.65
457	Mid Sussex	South East	£3.84£3.86£3.65
458	North Somerset	South West	£3.84£3.86£3.64
459	North Northumberland	North East	£3.83£3.85£3.63
460	Stafford	West Midlands	£3.83£3.84£3.63
461	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	£3.83£3.84£3.63
462	Bournemouth West	South West	£3.81£3.83£3.62
463	Rochester and Strood	South East	£3.81£3.83£3.62
464	North West Hampshire	South East	£3.80£3.82£3.61
465	North East Fife	Scotland	£3.77£3.79£3.58
466	Weald of Kent	South East	£3.76£3.78£3.57
467	Llanelli	Wales	£3.76£3.77£3.56
468	Melksham and Devizes	South West	£3.76£3.77£3.56
469	South West Wiltshire	South West	£3.75£3.76£3.55
470	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	£3.74£3.76£3.55
471	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.74£3.75£3.54
472	Bridgend	Wales	£3.72£3.74£3.53
473	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	£3.71£3.72£3.52
474	Sevenoaks	South East	£3.71£3.72£3.52
475	Clwyd East	Wales	£3.69£3.71£3.50
476	Southport	North West	£3.68£3.70£3.49
477	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.68£3.70£3.49
478	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	£3.68£3.70£3.49
479	Gosport	South East	£3.68£3.69£3.49
480	Huntingdon	East of England	£3.68£3.69£3.49
481	Leicester South	East Midlands	£3.67£3.69£3.48
482	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£3.67£3.69£3.48
483	Lichfield	West Midlands	£3.66£3.67£3.47
484	Chester North and Neston	North West	£3.66£3.67£3.47
485	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£3.65£3.66£3.46
486	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£3.64£3.66£3.46
487	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	£3.63£3.64£3.44
488	Castle Point	East of England	£3.63£3.64£3.44
489	Gower	Wales	£3.62£3.63£3.43
490	Henley and Thame	South East	£3.61£3.63£3.43
491	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	£3.61£3.62£3.42
492	Thurrock	East of England	£3.60£3.62£3.41
493	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	£3.58£3.59£3.39
494	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	£3.58£3.59£3.39
495	Bristol North East	South West	£3.56£3.58£3.38
496	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	£3.56£3.58£3.38
497	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	£3.56£3.57£3.38
498	Bishop Auckland	North East	£3.54£3.56£3.36
499	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	£3.54£3.56£3.36
500	Congleton	North West	£3.54£3.56£3.36
501	Godalming and Ash	South East	£3.54£3.55£3.35
502	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	£3.53£3.55£3.35
503	Exeter	South West	£3.53£3.55£3.35
504	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	£3.53£3.55£3.35
505	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	£3.52£3.54£3.34
506	Sefton Central	North West	£3.52£3.53£3.34
507	Caerfyrddin	Wales	£3.51£3.53£3.33
508	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	£3.51£3.52£3.33
509	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£3.50£3.52£3.32
510	Oxford East	South East	£3.49£3.51£3.31
511	Thornbury and Yate	South West	£3.48£3.50£3.30
512	Lewes	South East	£3.48£3.49£3.30
513	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	£3.47£3.49£3.29
514	Preston	North West	£3.47£3.49£3.29
515	Chorley	North West	£3.47£3.48£3.29
516	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.46£3.48£3.28
517	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	£3.46£3.47£3.28
518	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£3.45£3.47£3.28
519	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	£3.44£3.46£3.27
520	Bristol North West	South West	£3.43£3.44£3.25
521	Camborne and Redruth	South West	£3.41£3.43£3.24
522	Ribble Valley	North West	£3.40£3.41£3.23
523	South West Norfolk	East of England	£3.39£3.40£3.22
524	Newton Abbot	South West	£3.39£3.40£3.21
525	Plymouth Moor View	South West	£3.38£3.40£3.21
526	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	£3.38£3.39£3.21
527	Peterborough	East of England	£3.37£3.39£3.20
528	Winchester	South East	£3.35£3.37£3.18
529	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.35£3.36£3.18
530	Tewkesbury	South West	£3.34£3.36£3.17
531	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	£3.33£3.34£3.16
532	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	£3.33£3.34£3.15
533	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	£3.32£3.33£3.15
534	South Suffolk	East of England	£3.32£3.33£3.15
535	West Suffolk	East of England	£3.31£3.33£3.14
536	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	£3.31£3.32£3.14
537	Midlothian	Scotland	£3.30£3.31£3.13
538	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	£3.28£3.30£3.11
539	Loughborough	East Midlands	£3.28£3.29£3.11
540	South Shropshire	West Midlands	£3.27£3.28£3.10
541	Bath	South West	£3.25£3.27£3.09
542	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scotland	£3.25£3.26£3.08
543	The Wrekin	West Midlands	£3.24£3.26£3.08
544	North West Norfolk	East of England	£3.24£3.26£3.08
545	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£3.24£3.25£3.07
546	Mid Norfolk	East of England	£3.20£3.21£3.04
547	Hamble Valley	South East	£3.20£3.21£3.04
548	Burnley	North West	£3.20£3.21£3.03
549	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	£3.20£3.21£3.03
550	St Austell and Newquay	South West	£3.19£3.20£3.02
551	Cheltenham	South West	£3.16£3.18£3.00
552	South Norfolk	East of England	£3.16£3.17£2.99
553	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	£3.15£3.16£2.99
554	Arundel and South Downs	South East	£3.13£3.15£2.97
555	City of Durham	North East	£3.13£3.15£2.97
556	West Lancashire	North West	£3.12£3.14£2.96
557	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.11£3.12£2.95
558	Fylde	North West	£3.11£3.12£2.95
559	Stroud	South West	£3.10£3.11£2.94
560	Braintree	East of England	£3.09£3.11£2.93
561	East Wiltshire	South West	£3.09£3.10£2.93
562	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	£3.08£3.10£2.92
563	Wirral West	North West	£3.08£3.09£2.92
564	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	£3.07£3.09£2.92
565	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	£3.07£3.08£2.91
566	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£3.06£3.07£2.90
567	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	£3.04£3.06£2.89
568	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	£3.04£3.05£2.88
569	Lothian East	Scotland	£3.02£3.03£2.86
570	Banbury	South East	£3.01£3.03£2.86
571	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£3.01£3.03£2.86
572	Eastleigh	South East	£3.00£3.01£2.84
573	North Devon	South West	£2.99£3.00£2.83
574	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	£2.98£3.00£2.83
575	St Ives	South West	£2.95£2.96£2.80
576	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	£2.95£2.96£2.80
577	Frome and East Somerset	South West	£2.94£2.95£2.79
578	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£2.93£2.94£2.78
579	Truro and Falmouth	South West	£2.92£2.94£2.77
580	South Ribble	North West	£2.92£2.93£2.77
581	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	£2.92£2.93£2.77
582	Sussex Weald	South East	£2.92£2.93£2.77
583	Yeovil	South West	£2.91£2.93£2.76
584	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	£2.91£2.92£2.76
585	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	£2.91£2.92£2.76
586	South West Devon	South West	£2.86£2.87£2.71
587	Bexhill and Battle	South East	£2.85£2.86£2.71
588	New Forest West	South East	£2.85£2.86£2.70
589	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	£2.85£2.86£2.70
590	North Cotswolds	South West	£2.84£2.85£2.70
591	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	£2.84£2.85£2.69
592	Waveney Valley	East of England	£2.80£2.81£2.66
593	Hexham	North East	£2.79£2.80£2.65
594	North Cornwall	South West	£2.79£2.80£2.65
595	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	£2.79£2.80£2.65
596	Wrexham	Wales	£2.76£2.77£2.62
597	York Outer	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.75£2.76£2.60
598	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	£2.75£2.76£2.60
599	South Devon	South West	£2.73£2.74£2.59
600	Barrow and Furness	North West	£2.73£2.74£2.59
601	Weston-super-Mare	South West	£2.68£2.69£2.54
602	Central Devon	South West	£2.64£2.66£2.51
603	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	£2.63£2.65£2.50
604	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	£2.62£2.63£2.49
605	Christchurch	South West	£2.60£2.61£2.47
606	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	£2.59£2.60£2.45
607	North Norfolk	East of England	£2.59£2.60£2.45
608	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.58£2.59£2.45
609	South East Cornwall	South West	£2.57£2.58£2.44
610	North Dorset	South West	£2.57£2.58£2.44
611	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	£2.57£2.58£2.44
612	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.56£2.57£2.43
613	Carlisle	North West	£2.55£2.56£2.42
614	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	£2.54£2.56£2.41
615	New Forest East	South East	£2.51£2.52£2.38
616	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	£2.51£2.52£2.38
617	Witney	South East	£2.48£2.49£2.36
618	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	£2.47£2.48£2.34
619	Taunton and Wellington	South West	£2.45£2.46£2.32
620	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	£2.41£2.42£2.29
621	South Dorset	South West	£2.41£2.42£2.29
622	Bridgwater	South West	£2.36£2.37£2.24
623	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLowest 10	Scotland	£2.36£2.37£2.23
624	Lancaster and WyreLowest 10	North West	£2.29£2.30£2.17
625	Honiton and SidmouthLowest 10	South West	£2.29£2.30£2.17
626	SalisburyLowest 10	South West	£2.28£2.29£2.16
627	Penrith and SolwayLowest 10	North West	£2.18£2.19£2.07
628	Thirsk and MaltonLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2.17£2.18£2.06
629	Westmorland and LonsdaleLowest 10	North West	£2.15£2.16£2.04
630	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireLowest 10	Scotland	£1.95£1.96£1.85
631	West DorsetLowest 10	South West	£1.91£1.92£1.81
632	Orkney and ShetlandLowest 10	Scotland	£1.14£1.15£1.09

350 local authorities ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £4.89£4.91£4.64 per resident

Nation350 shownSee it on the map

Jobseeker's Allowance, per resident, 2024-25, local authorities
		Nation
1	HackneyHighest 10	England	£9.84£9.88£9.33
2	South TynesideHighest 10	England	£8.94£8.98£8.48
3	LambethHighest 10	England	£8.93£8.96£8.47
4	IslingtonHighest 10	England	£8.90£8.94£8.44
5	Milton KeynesHighest 10	England	£8.75£8.78£8.30
6	DudleyHighest 10	England	£8.42£8.46£7.99
7	SunderlandHighest 10	England	£8.40£8.44£7.97
8	BirminghamHighest 10	England	£8.14£8.17£7.72
9	WandsworthHighest 10	England	£7.74£7.78£7.34
10	Waltham ForestHighest 10	England	£7.71£7.74£7.31
11	Nottingham	England	£7.55£7.58£7.16
12	Sandwell	England	£7.54£7.57£7.15
13	Ealing	England	£7.50£7.54£7.12
14	Haringey	England	£7.30£7.33£6.92
15	Greenwich	England	£7.29£7.32£6.91
16	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	£7.04£7.07£6.68
17	Watford	England	£7.03£7.06£6.67
18	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£6.90£6.93£6.55
19	Lewisham	England	£6.85£6.88£6.50
20	Southwark	England	£6.77£6.80£6.42
21	Wolverhampton	England	£6.77£6.80£6.42
22	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£6.77£6.80£6.42
23	Brent	England	£6.69£6.72£6.35
24	Melton	England	£6.66£6.69£6.32
25	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£6.57£6.60£6.23
26	Sheffield	England	£6.57£6.60£6.23
27	Brighton and Hove	England	£6.52£6.54£6.18
28	Tower Hamlets	England	£6.47£6.50£6.14
29	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£6.43£6.46£6.10
30	Glasgow City	Scotland	£6.39£6.41£6.06
31	Rossendale	England	£6.34£6.37£6.02
32	Luton	England	£6.33£6.36£6.00
33	Hillingdon	England	£6.30£6.32£5.97
34	Three Rivers	England	£6.29£6.32£5.97
35	Knowsley	England	£6.28£6.31£5.96
36	Richmond upon Thames	England	£6.26£6.28£5.94
37	Barking and Dagenham	England	£6.25£6.27£5.92
38	Reading	England	£6.20£6.22£5.88
39	Walsall	England	£6.18£6.20£5.86
40	Ashfield	England	£6.14£6.17£5.83
41	Liverpool	England	£6.10£6.13£5.79
42	Camden	England	£6.10£6.12£5.78
43	Spelthorne	England	£6.09£6.12£5.78
44	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£6.07£6.09£5.75
45	Monmouthshire	Wales	£6.05£6.08£5.74
46	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£6.05£6.07£5.74
47	Merton	England	£6.04£6.06£5.72
48	Thanet	England	£6.01£6.03£5.70
49	Norwich	England	£6.00£6.03£5.70
50	Hertsmere	England	£6.00£6.03£5.69
51	Leeds	England	£5.99£6.02£5.69
52	Bedford	England	£5.97£6.00£5.66
53	Bromley	England	£5.94£5.96£5.63
54	St. Helens	England	£5.93£5.95£5.62
55	Ipswich	England	£5.92£5.95£5.62
56	Wigan	England	£5.85£5.87£5.55
57	Havering	England	£5.84£5.87£5.54
58	Bradford	England	£5.79£5.81£5.49
59	Broxbourne	England	£5.78£5.80£5.48
60	Newport	Wales	£5.77£5.79£5.47
61	Lincoln	England	£5.77£5.79£5.47
62	Darlington	England	£5.77£5.79£5.47
63	Sutton	England	£5.76£5.78£5.46
64	Tamworth	England	£5.76£5.78£5.46
65	Croydon	England	£5.75£5.77£5.45
66	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£5.74£5.76£5.44
67	Bracknell Forest	England	£5.73£5.76£5.44
68	Buckinghamshire	England	£5.73£5.75£5.43
69	Bolton	England	£5.73£5.75£5.43
70	Gedling	England	£5.72£5.74£5.42
71	Enfield	England	£5.69£5.71£5.40
72	Westminster	England	£5.69£5.71£5.39
73	North Tyneside	England	£5.66£5.68£5.36
74	Hounslow	England	£5.65£5.68£5.36
75	Kirklees	England	£5.64£5.66£5.35
76	Rotherham	England	£5.64£5.66£5.35
77	Amber Valley	England	£5.57£5.59£5.28
78	North Hertfordshire	England	£5.55£5.57£5.26
79	Dacorum	England	£5.54£5.56£5.26
80	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£5.51£5.53£5.22
81	Barnet	England	£5.50£5.53£5.22
82	Wakefield	England	£5.49£5.51£5.21
83	Redbridge	England	£5.48£5.50£5.20
84	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£5.46£5.48£5.18
85	Canterbury	England	£5.45£5.47£5.17
86	Salford	England	£5.44£5.46£5.16
87	Epsom and Ewell	England	£5.43£5.45£5.15
88	Caerphilly	Wales	£5.42£5.44£5.14
89	Central Bedfordshire	England	£5.40£5.43£5.13
90	Bexley	England	£5.40£5.42£5.12
91	St Albans	England	£5.39£5.41£5.11
92	Gateshead	England	£5.39£5.41£5.11
93	Coventry	England	£5.39£5.41£5.11
94	Runnymede	England	£5.37£5.40£5.10
95	Trafford	England	£5.37£5.39£5.09
96	Crawley	England	£5.31£5.34£5.04
97	Wokingham	England	£5.31£5.34£5.04
98	Adur	England	£5.29£5.31£5.02
99	Elmbridge	England	£5.28£5.30£5.01
100	Stevenage	England	£5.27£5.29£5.00
101	Newham	England	£5.26£5.29£4.99
102	Broxtowe	England	£5.24£5.26£4.97
103	South Kesteven	England	£5.23£5.26£4.97
104	West Northamptonshire	England	£5.21£5.23£4.94
105	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£5.20£5.23£4.94
106	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£5.19£5.21£4.92
107	Erewash	England	£5.17£5.19£4.90
108	High Peak	England	£5.16£5.18£4.90
109	Doncaster	England	£5.13£5.15£4.87
110	Chesterfield	England	£5.12£5.14£4.86
111	Warwick	England	£5.09£5.12£4.83
112	Hyndburn	England	£5.07£5.09£4.81
113	Rushcliffe	England	£5.03£5.05£4.77
114	Stockport	England	£5.02£5.05£4.77
115	Harrow	England	£5.01£5.03£4.75
116	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£5.00£5.02£4.74
117	Colchester	England	£4.99£5.01£4.73
118	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£4.98£5.00£4.72
119	South Holland	England	£4.96£4.99£4.71
120	Epping Forest	England	£4.95£4.97£4.70
121	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£4.94£4.96£4.69
122	Hart	England	£4.93£4.96£4.68
123	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£4.93£4.95£4.67
124	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£4.93£4.95£4.67
125	Redditch	England	£4.92£4.95£4.67
126	Basildon	England	£4.92£4.94£4.67
127	Southend-on-Sea	England	£4.91£4.93£4.66
128	Slough	England	£4.91£4.93£4.65
129	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£4.90£4.93£4.65
130	North Northamptonshire	England	£4.90£4.92£4.65
131	Gravesham	England	£4.88£4.90£4.63
132	Chelmsford	England	£4.87£4.89£4.62
133	Woking	England	£4.85£4.87£4.60
134	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£4.85£4.87£4.60
135	Rochdale	England	£4.84£4.86£4.59
136	Swale	England	£4.84£4.86£4.59
137	Tameside	England	£4.83£4.85£4.58
138	Derby	England	£4.83£4.85£4.58
139	Kingston upon Thames	England	£4.82£4.84£4.57
140	Brentwood	England	£4.81£4.83£4.56
141	Middlesbrough	England	£4.79£4.81£4.54
142	Inverclyde	Scotland	£4.79£4.81£4.54
143	Solihull	England	£4.78£4.80£4.54
144	Dundee City	Scotland	£4.78£4.80£4.53
145	Sefton	England	£4.77£4.79£4.52
146	Halton	England	£4.76£4.78£4.52
147	Rushmoor	England	£4.76£4.78£4.52
148	Dartford	England	£4.75£4.77£4.50
149	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£4.73£4.75£4.49
150	Newark and Sherwood	England	£4.72£4.74£4.48
151	Dover	England	£4.71£4.73£4.46
152	Isle of Wight	England	£4.70£4.72£4.46
153	Fife	Scotland	£4.68£4.70£4.44
154	Surrey Heath	England	£4.68£4.70£4.43
155	Bury	England	£4.66£4.68£4.42
156	Harlow	England	£4.65£4.67£4.41
157	Mole Valley	England	£4.64£4.66£4.40
158	Bolsover	England	£4.64£4.65£4.40
159	Havant	England	£4.61£4.63£4.38
160	Pendle	England	£4.59£4.61£4.35
161	Swansea	Wales	£4.57£4.59£4.34
162	Wirral	England	£4.55£4.57£4.32
163	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£4.54£4.56£4.31
164	Hastings	England	£4.53£4.55£4.30
165	Bristol, City of	England	£4.53£4.55£4.29
166	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£4.51£4.53£4.28
167	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£4.51£4.53£4.28
168	Oadby and Wigston	England	£4.49£4.51£4.26
169	Conwy	Wales	£4.48£4.50£4.25
170	Torfaen	Wales	£4.48£4.50£4.25
171	Worthing	England	£4.47£4.49£4.24
172	Cardiff	Wales	£4.47£4.48£4.24
173	Denbighshire	Wales	£4.46£4.48£4.23
174	North Lincolnshire	England	£4.46£4.47£4.23
175	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£4.44£4.46£4.21
176	Mansfield	England	£4.44£4.45£4.21
177	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£4.43£4.45£4.21
178	North Warwickshire	England	£4.42£4.44£4.19
179	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£4.41£4.43£4.18
180	Bromsgrove	England	£4.40£4.42£4.17
181	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£4.40£4.42£4.17
182	East Hertfordshire	England	£4.38£4.40£4.16
183	Warrington	England	£4.37£4.39£4.15
184	Leicester	England	£4.37£4.38£4.14
185	Angus	Scotland	£4.37£4.38£4.14
186	Manchester	England	£4.36£4.38£4.13
187	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£4.36£4.37£4.13
188	Worcester	England	£4.34£4.36£4.12
189	Portsmouth	England	£4.34£4.36£4.12
190	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£4.34£4.36£4.11
191	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£4.33£4.35£4.11
192	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£4.33£4.34£4.10
193	Torbay	England	£4.32£4.33£4.09
194	Rochford	England	£4.30£4.32£4.08
195	Barnsley	England	£4.28£4.30£4.06
196	Reigate and Banstead	England	£4.27£4.29£4.05
197	Northumberland	England	£4.27£4.29£4.05
198	South Cambridgeshire	England	£4.25£4.27£4.03
199	Great Yarmouth	England	£4.25£4.27£4.03
200	West Lindsey	England	£4.21£4.23£4.00
201	West Berkshire	England	£4.20£4.22£3.98
202	West Lothian	Scotland	£4.20£4.22£3.98
203	Rugby	England	£4.19£4.21£3.97
204	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£4.19£4.20£3.97
205	Calderdale	England	£4.18£4.20£3.97
206	Tendring	England	£4.17£4.19£3.96
207	Tunbridge Wells	England	£4.16£4.18£3.95
208	Forest of Dean	England	£4.16£4.18£3.95
209	East Hampshire	England	£4.15£4.17£3.94
210	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£4.14£4.16£3.93
211	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£4.14£4.16£3.93
212	Swindon	England	£4.10£4.11£3.89
213	Bassetlaw	England	£4.07£4.09£3.86
214	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£4.07£4.09£3.86
215	Blaby	England	£4.05£4.06£3.84
216	Cambridge	England	£4.04£4.06£3.84
217	Falkirk	Scotland	£4.04£4.06£3.83
218	Eastbourne	England	£4.04£4.05£3.83
219	Arun	England	£4.03£4.05£3.82
220	Cheshire East	England	£4.03£4.05£3.82
221	Maidstone	England	£4.03£4.04£3.82
222	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£4.02£4.04£3.82
223	Wychavon	England	£4.02£4.04£3.82
224	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£4.02£4.04£3.81
225	County Durham	England	£4.01£4.03£3.81
226	Blackpool	England	£4.01£4.03£3.81
227	Cannock Chase	England	£4.01£4.03£3.80
228	Hartlepool	England	£4.00£4.01£3.79
229	Harborough	England	£3.98£3.99£3.77
230	Ashford	England	£3.98£3.99£3.77
231	North East Derbyshire	England	£3.97£3.99£3.77
232	Guildford	England	£3.96£3.97£3.75
233	Bridgend	Wales	£3.94£3.96£3.74
234	East Cambridgeshire	England	£3.92£3.93£3.71
235	Southampton	England	£3.91£3.92£3.71
236	Gloucester	England	£3.90£3.92£3.70
237	Horsham	England	£3.89£3.91£3.69
238	Mid Sussex	England	£3.87£3.89£3.67
239	Broadland	England	£3.86£3.88£3.66
240	Shropshire	England	£3.86£3.88£3.66
241	Gosport	England	£3.85£3.87£3.65
242	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£3.83£3.85£3.63
243	Flintshire	Wales	£3.82£3.84£3.63
244	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£3.82£3.83£3.62
245	Tandridge	England	£3.79£3.81£3.59
246	Maldon	England	£3.79£3.80£3.59
247	Waverley	England	£3.78£3.80£3.59
248	Castle Point	England	£3.78£3.79£3.58
249	Huntingdonshire	England	£3.77£3.78£3.57
250	East Staffordshire	England	£3.76£3.78£3.57
251	Lichfield	England	£3.75£3.76£3.55
252	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£3.74£3.76£3.55
253	Vale of White Horse	England	£3.71£3.73£3.52
254	South Oxfordshire	England	£3.71£3.73£3.52
255	Telford and Wrekin	England	£3.70£3.72£3.51
256	Medway	England	£3.70£3.71£3.51
257	Wyre Forest	England	£3.68£3.70£3.50
258	Sevenoaks	England	£3.68£3.70£3.50
259	Charnwood	England	£3.68£3.70£3.49
260	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£3.68£3.69£3.49
261	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£3.65£3.66£3.46
262	Lewes	England	£3.64£3.65£3.45
263	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£3.63£3.64£3.44
264	Wyre	England	£3.63£3.64£3.44
265	Fenland	England	£3.62£3.64£3.44
266	Chichester	England	£3.62£3.63£3.43
267	East Lindsey	England	£3.62£3.63£3.43
268	North East Lincolnshire	England	£3.61£3.62£3.42
269	Plymouth	England	£3.58£3.60£3.40
270	Boston	England	£3.58£3.59£3.40
271	Stafford	England	£3.53£3.55£3.35
272	Thurrock	England	£3.53£3.55£3.35
273	City of London	England	£3.51£3.52£3.33
274	Mid Suffolk	England	£3.49£3.51£3.31
275	Uttlesford	England	£3.49£3.50£3.31
276	South Staffordshire	England	£3.47£3.49£3.30
277	Wiltshire	England	£3.47£3.49£3.29
278	Preston	England	£3.47£3.48£3.29
279	Peterborough	England	£3.46£3.47£3.28
280	Derbyshire Dales	England	£3.43£3.44£3.25
281	Winchester	England	£3.40£3.42£3.23
282	Breckland	England	£3.38£3.40£3.21
283	North Kesteven	England	£3.38£3.39£3.21
284	Braintree	England	£3.37£3.38£3.19
285	Oldham	England	£3.36£3.38£3.19
286	Moray	Scotland	£3.36£3.38£3.19
287	Tewkesbury	England	£3.35£3.37£3.18
288	South Ribble	England	£3.35£3.37£3.18
289	East Lothian	Scotland	£3.34£3.35£3.16
290	Chorley	England	£3.33£3.34£3.16
291	South Derbyshire	England	£3.33£3.34£3.16
292	Ribble Valley	England	£3.33£3.34£3.15
293	Babergh	England	£3.32£3.34£3.15
294	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£3.31£3.33£3.14
295	Malvern Hills	England	£3.31£3.32£3.14
296	Stirling	Scotland	£3.31£3.32£3.14
297	Midlothian	Scotland	£3.30£3.31£3.13
298	Rutland	England	£3.26£3.28£3.10
299	Teignbridge	England	£3.25£3.27£3.08
300	South Norfolk	England	£3.25£3.26£3.08
301	Exeter	England	£3.25£3.26£3.08
302	Ceredigion	Wales	£3.24£3.26£3.08
303	Fareham	England	£3.23£3.25£3.07
304	Fylde	England	£3.22£3.24£3.06
305	North Somerset	England	£3.19£3.20£3.02
306	North Yorkshire	England	£3.18£3.20£3.02
307	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£3.18£3.19£3.01
308	East Suffolk	England	£3.15£3.16£2.99
309	West Suffolk	England	£3.14£3.16£2.98
310	Stroud	England	£3.13£3.15£2.97
311	Gwynedd	Wales	£3.12£3.13£2.96
312	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£3.12£3.13£2.96
313	Cherwell	England	£3.11£3.13£2.95
314	Cheltenham	England	£3.09£3.10£2.93
315	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£3.06£3.07£2.90
316	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£3.05£3.06£2.89
317	North West Leicestershire	England	£3.05£3.06£2.89
318	Eastleigh	England	£3.04£3.06£2.89
319	Powys	Wales	£3.04£3.05£2.88
320	South Gloucestershire	England	£3.02£3.04£2.87
321	Burnley	England	£3.01£3.03£2.86
322	North Devon	England	£2.99£3.00£2.84
323	Herefordshire, County of	England	£2.99£3.00£2.84
324	Oxford	England	£2.98£3.00£2.83
325	Cornwall	England	£2.98£2.99£2.82
326	Cotswold	England	£2.98£2.99£2.82
327	York	England	£2.95£2.96£2.80
328	Wealden	England	£2.93£2.95£2.78
329	West Lancashire	England	£2.92£2.93£2.77
330	Torridge	England	£2.91£2.92£2.76
331	Test Valley	England	£2.89£2.90£2.74
332	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£2.84£2.85£2.69
333	Lancaster	England	£2.81£2.83£2.67
334	Wrexham	Wales	£2.81£2.82£2.67
335	Rother	England	£2.80£2.82£2.66
336	North Norfolk	England	£2.70£2.72£2.57
337	New Forest	England	£2.67£2.68£2.53
338	Somerset	England	£2.65£2.66£2.51
339	East Devon	England	£2.56£2.57£2.43
340	Westmorland and Furness	England	£2.49£2.50£2.36
341	Mid DevonLowest 10	England	£2.48£2.49£2.35
342	West OxfordshireLowest 10	England	£2.45£2.46£2.32
343	CumberlandLowest 10	England	£2.39£2.40£2.27
344	South HamsLowest 10	England	£2.39£2.40£2.27
345	West DevonLowest 10	England	£2.38£2.39£2.25
346	DorsetLowest 10	England	£2.38£2.39£2.25
347	HighlandLowest 10	Scotland	£2.10£2.11£1.99
348	Shetland IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	£1.61£1.62£1.53
349	Orkney IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	£0.57£0.57£0.54
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.