What is covered?


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


• UC (unless you have had a work capability assessment and are not fit for work).