What is covered?
[ch 2: pages 22-23]The Benefit Cap applies to a household’s combined income from the main out-of-work benefits:
• Bereavement Allowance;
• Child Benefit;
• Child Tax Credit (CTC);
• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) (except where people are getting the support component);
• Housing Benefit;
• Incapacity Benefit;
• Income Support (IS);
• Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA);
• Severe Disablement Allowance;
• Maternity Allowance;
• Widowed Parent’s Allowance (or Widowed Mother’s Allowance or Widows Pension received before 9 April 2001); and
• Universal Credit (UC) (unless you’ve had a work capability assessment and are not fit for work).