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Student Support and Benefits Handbook 2021/22

Non-means-tested benefit rates 2021/2022

	£pw
Attendance allowance
Higher rate	89.60
Lower rate	60.00
Bereavement benefits
Bereavement support payment
Higher rate
Lump sum	3,500
Monthly amount	350.00
Standard rate
Lump sum	2,500
Monthly amount	100.00
Carer’s allowance	67.60
Carer’s allowance supplement (Scotland only)	231.40 (June 2021)
	231.40 (December 2021)
Young carer grant (Scotland only)	308.15
Child benefit
Only/eldest child	21.15
Other child(ren)	14.00
Disability living allowance
Care component
Highest rate	89.60
Middle rate	60.00
Lowest rate	23.70
Mobility component
Higher rate	62.55
Lower rate	23.70
Contributory employment and support allowance
Assessment phase
Under 25	59.20
25 or over	74.70
Main phase
16 or over	74.70
Work-related activity component	29.70
Support component	39.40
Guardian’s allowance	18.00
Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
Under 25	59.20
25 or over	74.70
Maternity allowance
Standard rate	151.97
Personal independence payment
Daily living component
Standard rate	60.00
Enhanced rate	89.60
Mobility component
Standard rate	23.70
Enhanced rate	62.55
Retirement pensions
State pension (full rate)	179.60
Category A	137.60
Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental and parental bereavement pay
Standard rate	151.97
Statutory sick pay	96.35