Welfare Rights - Current Benefit Rates   (from April 2006)

This page contains all of the main Social Security benefit rates for the current benefit year.

A quick reference and printable PDF version is available here

Income Support and Jobseekers Allowance - income based

Personal Allowances
Premiums
Earnings Disregards
Capital Limits

Pension Credits
Pension Credits
Capital Disregards

Housing and Council Tax Benefits
Personal Allowances and Premiums
Taper
Deductions from rent- fuel
Deductions from rent - meals
Non-dependant deductions
Earnings Disregards
Capital Limits

Other Benefits
Attendance Allowance
Bereavement Benefits
Carers Allowance
Child Benefit
Disability Living Allowance
Guardian's Allowance
Incapacity Benefit
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Jobseekers Allowance - contribution based
Maternity Allowance
Retirement Pension
Severe Disablement Allowance
Statutory Adoption Pay
Statutory Maternity Pay
Statutory Paternity Pay
Statutory Sick Pay  

Tax Credits
Child Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit
Threshold  

Key codes used
Key codes

Income Support and Jobseekers Allowance - income based

Income Support and Jobseekers Allowance - income based Personal Allowances	Amount
Single person	per week
16-17	£34.60
18-24 (including some 16/17-year-olds)	£45.50
25 or over	£57.45
Lone parent	Amount
Under 18	£34.60
Under 18 in certain cases	£45.50
18 or over	£57.45
Couple	Amount
Both under 18	£68.65
Both 18 or over	£86.00

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Premiums		Amount
Carer premium		£26.35
Bereavement premium		£26.80
Severe disability premium (one qualifies)		£46.75
Severe disability premium (two qualify)		£93.50
	Single	Couple
Disability premium	£24.50	£34.95
Enhanced disability premium	£11.95	£17.25
Pensioner premium	£56.60	16

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Earnings Disregards	Amount
Single Person	£5.00
Couple	£10.00
Higher amount	£20.00
Deemed income £1 per £500 above disregard

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Capital Limits	Amount	Amount
	Lower	Upper
Under 60	£6,000	£16,000
60 or over	£6,000	£16,000
Care homes	£10,000	£16,000
Tariff income £1 per £250 between lower and upper limit

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Pension Credits

Pension Credit	Amount
Standard minimum guarantee (couple)	£174.05
Standard minimum guarantee (single)	£114.05
Severe Disability (two qualify)	£93.50
Severe Disability (one qualifies)	£46.75
Carer	£26.35
Savings credit threshold (couple)	£134.75
Savings credit threshold (single)	£84.25

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Capital Disregards	Amount
Standard	£6,000
Care home	£10,000
No upper limit	No upper limit
Deemed income £1 per £500 above disregard	Deemed income = £1 per £500 above the disregarded amount.

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Housing and Council Tax Benefits

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
Personal Allowances and Premuims, as for income support, except
Single person	Amount
16-24	£45.50
60-64	£114.05
65 or over	£131.95
Lone parent under 18	£45.50
Couple	Amount
Both under 18	£68.65
60-64	£174.05
65 or over	£197.65
Family premiums	Amount
Lone parent rate	£22.20~
Baby addition	£10.50

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Taper	Amount
Housing benefit	65%
Council tax benefit	20%

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Deductions from rent	Amount
Heating	£11.95
Lighting	£0.95
Hot water	£1.40
Cooking	£1.40

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Meals	Amount	Amount
	16 or over	Under 16
Full board	£20.50	£10.35
Half board	£13.35	£6.85
Breakfast only	£2.50	£2.50

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Non-dependant deductions	Amount	Amount
	HB	CTB
Under 25 on IS/Income-based JSA	nil	nil
25 or over in IS/Income-based JSA	£7.40	nil
18 or over working full-time, income:	Amount	Amount
£338 or more	£47.75	£6.95
£271.00 - £337.99	£43.50	£5.80
£204.00 - £270.99	£38.20	£4.60
£157.00 - £203.99	£23.35	£23.35
£106.00 - £156.99	£17.00	£2.30
Others aged 18 or over	£7.40	£2.30

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Earnings Disregards	Amount
Single person	£5.00
Couple	£10.00
Higher amount	£20.00
Lone parent	£25.00
Maintenance disregard	£15.00
Childcare costs (one child)	up to £175.00
Childcare costs (two or more children)	up to £300.00
Childcare costs (per cent covered)	70%

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Capital Limits	Amount	Amount
	Lower	Upper
Under 60	£6,000	£16,000
60 or over	£6,000	£16,000
Care homes (housing benefit only)	£10,000	£16,000
Pension credit guarantee (from October 2003)		no limit
Tariff income = £1 per £250 (or per £500 for those aged 60 or over) between upper and lower limits.

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Other Benefits

Attendance Allowance	Amount
Higher rate	£62.25
Lower rate	£41.65

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Bereavement Benefits	Amount
Bereavement payment (lump sum)	£2,000
Widowed parent's allowance	£84.25
Child dependant	£11.35*
Bereavement allowance 55 or over	£84.25
Bereavement allowance 45-55	£25.28 - £78.35

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Carers Allowance	Amount
Claimant	£46.95
Adult dependant	£28.05
Child dependant	£11.35*
Earnings limit for claimant	£84.00

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Child Benefit	Amount
Only or eldest child	£17.45
Only or eldest child (lone parent rate)	£17.55~
Other children	£11.70

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Disability Living Allowance
Care component	Amount
Higher rate	£62.25
Middle rate	£41.65
Lower rate	£16.50
Mobility component	Amount
Higher rate	£43.45
Lower rate	£16.50

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Guardian's Allowance	Amount
Claimant	£12.50*

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Incapacity Benefit	(top of page)
Short-term lower rate
Claimant under pension age	£59.20
Adult-dependant	£36.60
Short-term higher rate
Claimant under pension age	£70.05
Adult-dependant	£36.60
Child dependant	£11.35*
Long-term rate
Claimant	£78.50
Adult-dependant	£46.95
Child dependant	£11.35*
Age addition under 35	£16.50
Age addition 35-44	£8.25
Permitted work higher limit	£86.00
Permitted work lower limit	£20.00

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Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit	Amount
Under 18	20% (£15.58) - 100% (£77.90)
18 or over	20% (£25.42) - 100% ( £127.10)

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Jobseekers Allowance - contribution based	Amount
Under 18	£34.60
18-24	£45.50
25 or over	£57.45
Earnings disregard	£5.00

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Maternity Allowance	Amount
Standard rate	£108.85
Adult dependant	£36.60

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Retirement Pension	Amount
Claimant	£84.25
Adult dependant	£50.50
Child dependant	£11.35*
Age addition over 80	£0.25

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Severe Disablement Allowance	Amount
Claimant	£47.45
Age addition under 40	£16.50
Age addition 40-49	£10.60
Age addition 50-59	£5.30
Adult dependant	£28.25
Child dependant	£11.35*

Statutory Adoption Pay      (top of page)
Standard Rate   £108.85

Statutory Maternity Pay     (top of page)
Standard Rate  £108.85

Statutory Paternity Pay     (top of page)
Standard Rate  £108.85

Statutory Sick Pay     (top of page)
Standard Rate   £70.05

TAX CREDITS

Child Tax Credits.	Amount
Family element	£545.00
Baby element	£545.00
Child element	£1,765.00
Disability element	£2,350.00
Severe disability element	£945.00

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Working Tax Credit	Amount
Basic element	£1,665.00
Couple element	£1,640.00
Lone parent element	£1,640.00
30-hour element	£680.00
Disability element	£2,225.00
Severe disability element	£945.00
50 plus element (working 16-29 hours)	£1,140.00
50 plus element (working 30 hours or more)	£1,705.00
Childcare element (one child)	£175.00
Childcare element (two or more children)	£300.00
Childcare element (per cent covered)	70%

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Threshold	Amount
First income threshold	£5,220
First threshold (entitled to child tax credit only)	£14,155
First taper	37%
Second income threshold	£50,000.00
Second taper	6.67%

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* Reduced for eldest / only child where child benefit is payable. Replaced by child tax credit for new claimants.

~ Only payable to some lone parents.

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