LRD guides and handbook March 2015

State benefits and tax credits 2015

Chapter 1

What is the Benefit Cap level?

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The level of the cap is:

• £500 a week for couples (with or without children living with them);

• £500 a week for single parents whose children live with them; and

• £350 a week for single adults without children, or whose children don’t live with them.