Northern Ireland by council: benefit take-up and Jobs and Benefits offices for all eleven councils

Northern Ireland by council

A page for every council: take-up of six benefits from the Department for Communities’ own figures (100 is the Northern Ireland rate), every Jobs and Benefits office with a phone number, and the free check.

Council	Attendance Allowance	Carer’s Allowance	Pension Credit	PIP	Jobs and Benefits offices
Belfast	77	105	128	105	7
Derry City and Strabane	89	126	150	119	3
Antrim and Newtownabbey	99	83	75	94	2
Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon	101	99	100	97	4
Mid Ulster	102	111	123	100	3
Fermanagh and Omagh	104	107	113	105	2
Lisburn and Castlereagh	104	77	60	86	1
Newry Mourne and Down	107	104	113	103	5
Mid and East Antrim	113	88	74	91	3
Ards and North Down	116	83	61	89	2
Causeway Coast and Glens	119	109	100	96	3

The take-up columns are indexes from the Missing Money Index for Northern Ireland: claimants per person in the group the benefit is for, against the Northern Ireland rate. A take-up index, not a count of who is eligible. Office counts are from nidirect’s A-Z of Jobs and Benefits offices.

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