Welfare and benefits
Benefit caseloads and spending in Great Britain, children in low income families across the UK and the share of people and children in relative low income after housing costs and the households eligible for Pension Credit and the share receiving it by council, from the Department for Work and Pensions, Child Benefit by area from HM Revenue and Customs, referrals to children's social care by council in England from the Department for Education, households by the Census's dimensions of deprivation in each small area, and the indices of deprivation for England's and Wales's small areas from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Government.
Datasets
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Benefit spending, Great Britain
£289.3bnBenefit spending · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions Verified
Child Benefit by small area, UK
1,880Milton Keynes 024E (E01034451) · Aug 2025
43,914 small areas, each on its council's page
HM Revenue and Customs Verified
Children affected by the two child limit by constituency, Great Britain
629,860Great Britain · Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK
1,151,515United Kingdom · 2025/26
HM Revenue and Customs+8 more Verified
Children in households affected by the two child limit by constituency, Great Britain
1,695,400Great Britain · Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Children in low income families by constituency, after housing costs, UK
25.96%United Kingdom · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions+8 more Verified
Children in low income families by constituency, before housing costs, UK
19.29%United Kingdom · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions+8 more Verified
Children in low income families by council, UK
25.96%United Kingdom · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions+8 more Verified
Children in low income families by ward, before housing costs, UK
19.29%United Kingdom · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions+21 more Verified
Children in low income families, UK nations and regions
25.96%United Kingdom · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
English Indices of Deprivation 2015 by LSOA
1Tendring 018A (E01021988) · 2015
32,844 small areas, each on its council's page
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Verified
English Indices of Deprivation 2019 by LSOA
1Tendring 018A (E01021988) · 2019
32,844 small areas, each on its council's page
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Verified
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 by LSOA
1Tendring 018A (E01021988) · 2025
33,755 small areas, each on its council's page
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Verified
Families getting Child Benefit by constituency, UK
6,867,695United Kingdom · Aug 2025
HM Revenue and Customs+6 more Verified
Families getting Child Benefit by council, UK
6,867,695United Kingdom · Aug 2025
HM Revenue and Customs+6 more Verified
Families getting Child Benefit by ward, UK
6,867,695United Kingdom · Aug 2025
HM Revenue and Customs+19 more Verified
Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK
868,095United Kingdom · 2025/26
HM Revenue and Customs+8 more Verified
Families who opted out of Child Benefit payments, by constituency, UK
684,635United Kingdom · Aug 2025
HM Revenue and Customs+6 more Verified
Household deprivation by LSOA, Census 2021
1,980Ceredigion 007E (W01002002) · Census Day, 21 March 2021
35,672 small areas, each on its council's page
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021, via Nomis) Verified
Households affected by the two child limit by constituency, Great Britain
478,120Great Britain · Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain
718,000England · 2023/24
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Households likely to gain from removing the two child limit by constituency, Great Britain
435,180Great Britain · Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+5 more Verified
Households on Universal Credit, Great Britain
7,157,224Great Britain · May 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
Households whose benefits are capped, Great Britain
163,811Great Britain · May 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
Housing Benefit claims, Great Britain
1,446,949Great Britain · Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
Pension Credit applications by constituency, Great Britain
3,725Great Britain · 30 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Pension Credit claims decided by constituency, Great Britain
3,910Great Britain · 30 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+7 more Verified
Pension Credit claims waiting for a decision by constituency, Great Britain
13,065Great Britain · 30 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions+5 more Verified
Pension Credit receipt rate by council, Great Britain
62.69%England · 2023/24
Department for Work and Pensions+5 more Verified
People entitled to Attendance Allowance, England and Wales
1,803,188England and Wales · Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
People entitled to Carer's Allowance, England and Wales
1,408,002England and Wales · Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
People entitled to Personal Independence Payment, England and Wales
4,091,265England and Wales · Jul 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
People in relative low income after housing costs, UK
19.64%People in relative low income after housing costs · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions Verified
People on Universal Credit, Great Britain
8,359,744Great Britain · May 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
People on the main benefits, Great Britain
5,473,000Universal Credit · 2024/25
Department for Work and Pensions Verified
People receiving Pension Credit, Great Britain
1,381,723Great Britain · Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
People receiving the State Pension, Great Britain
13,307,794Great Britain · Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore Verified
Re-referrals to children's social care by council, England
22.6%England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Referrals to children's social care by council, England
632,830England · 2024/25
Department for Education+3 more Verified
Universal Credit sanction rate, Great Britain
5.2%Great Britain · May 2026
Department for Work and Pensions Verified
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 by LSOA
1Denbighshire 004E (W01000240) · 2025
1,917 small areas, each on its council's page
Welsh Government Verified
Winter Fuel Payment by constituency, England and Wales
10,872,496England and Wales · 2025/26
Department for Work and Pensions+4 more Verified
Winter Fuel Payment by council, England and Wales
10,872,496England and Wales · 2025/26
Department for Work and Pensions+4 more Verified