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Housing Benefit
The most Housing
Benefit you can get is the same as your eligible rent. This may not he
the same as your full rent. The rates used to work out your Housing Benefit
payment are generally the same as the allowances and premiums that make
up Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). There
are a few exceptions.
.: Housing costs
- deductions for non-dependants.
Aged
25 or over and receiving
Income Support (not a full-time student or a boarder) |
|
|
£
7.40 |
| Not
in remunerative work or gross income less than |
£88.00 |
Lower
rate |
£
7.40 |
| In
remunerative work and gross income |
£
88.00 to £130.99 |
Second
rate |
£17.00 |
| |
£131.00
to £169.99 |
Third
rate |
£23.35 |
| £170.00
to £242.99 |
Fourth
rate |
£38.20 |
| £225.00
to £280.99 |
Fifth
rate |
£43.50 |
| £281.00
and over |
Sixth
rate |
£47.75 |
.: Deductions for
non-dependants.
| Aged
18 or over, not in remunerative work or aged 25 or over and receiving
Income Support or income-base JSA or gross income less than £88.00
|
£
7.40 |
| Aged
18 or over and in remunerative work with gross income of:- less than
£88.00 |
£
7.40 |
| £
88.00 - £130.99 |
£17.00 |
| £131.00
- £169.99 |
£23.35 |
| £170.00
- £224.99 |
£38.20 |
| £225.00
- £280.99 |
£43.50 |
| £281.00
and over |
£47.75 |
.: Guardian's Allowance.
| For
eldest child who qualifies |
£11.35 |
| For
each other child who qualifies |
£11
.35 |
.: Hospital personal
allowance.
| Hospital
personal allowance |
20%
rate |
£15.10 |
| Hospital
personal allowance |
40%
rate |
| £28.70
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.: Personal allowances.
| Single
under 18 |
£42.70 |
| Single
under 18 higher |
£42.70 |
| Single
18 - 24 |
£42.70 |
| 25
or over |
£53.95 |
| Lone
parents under 18 |
£42.70 |
| 18
or over |
£53.95 |
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