What is the current benefit cap?
£442.31 per week (£23,000 a year) if you're a single parent and your children live with you. £296.35 per week (£15,410 a year) if you're a single adult.
£26,000 per year. £18,200 per year for single adults with no children.
You earn more than £658 a month
The cap does not apply if you earn at least £658.67 a month while on universal credit. Your earnings can be from an employer or through self employment. If you claim as a couple, it's your combined earnings that count.
You're not affected by the cap if you or your partner: get Working Tax Credit (even if the amount you get is £0) get Universal Credit because of a disability or health condition that stops you from working (this is called 'limited capability for work and work-related activity')
If you're over 16 and under State Pension age, there might be a limit on the total amount of benefit your household can get. This is called the benefit cap. If your income is above this limit, your Housing Benefit or Universal Credit might be reduced.
The benefit cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit you can get. It applies to most people aged 16 or over who have not reached State Pension age. This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). The benefit cap affects: Universal Credit.
A single person needs to earn £25,500 a year to reach a minimum acceptable standard of living in April 2022. A couple with two children needs to earn £43,400 between them.
DWP scraps Universal Credit's retrospective child benefit cap and will rethink rollout plan. Rudd also confirmed plans to delay the next phase of the rollout but said DWP would still hit its 2023 deadline.
The Summer Budget 2015 announced changes to the level of the benefit cap to: £20,000 per year (or £13,400 for single adults with no children) nationally. £23,000 per year (£15,410 for single adults with no children) in Greater London.
Universal Credit Standard Allowance
The amount you will get in 2022-23 is: £265.31 a month for single claimants under 25. £334.91 a month for single claimants aged 25 or over.
How much money can you have in the bank and still claim benefits UK?
These benefits have a lower capital limit of £6,000 and an upper capital limit of £16,000. If you have less than £6,000 of capital then you should be able to claim the full benefit. If you have between £6,000 and £16,000 then you should get a reduced amount.
A single person needs to earn £25,500 a year to reach a minimum acceptable standard of living in April 2022. A couple with two children needs to earn £43,400 between them.
You can have up to £10,000 in savings before it affects your claim. Every £500 over that amount counts as £1 of weekly income. If you get Pension Credit guarantee credit, you can have more than £16,000 in savings without it affecting your claim.