Exemptions

The following households are exempt from the cap:

Those entitled to:

• Working Tax Credit.

Those in receipt of:

• Disability Living Allowance;

• Personal Independence Payment (which started to replace Disability Living Allowance from April 2013);

• Attendance Allowance;

• The support component of Employment and Support Allowance;

• Industrial Injuries Benefits (and equivalent war disablement pensions and payments under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme);

• War Widow’s and War Widower’s pension; and

• Armed Forces Independence Payment.

Claimants who have been in employment for 52 weeks or more when they claim benefit will be exempt from the cap for a grace period of up to 39 weeks.