LRD guides and handbook March 2013

State benefits and tax credits 2013

Chapter 1

What is covered

The Benefit Cap will apply to the total amount that the people in your household get from the following benefits:

• Bereavement Allowance;

• Carer’s Allowance;

• Child Benefit;

• Child Tax Credit;

• Employment and Support Allowance (unless you get the support component);

• Guardian’s Allowance;

• Housing Benefit;

• Incapacity Benefit;

• Income Support;

• Jobseeker’s Allowance;

• Maternity Allowance;

• Severe Disablement Allowance;

• Widowed Parent’s Allowance (or Widowed Mother’s Allowance or Widows Pension you started getting before 9 April 2001).