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Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook | 2022/23 | 20th edn

Non-means-tested benefit rates 2022/23
£pw
Attendance allowance
Higher rate
92.40
Lower rate
61.85
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
69.70
Carer’s allowance supplement (Scotland only)
245.70 (June 2022)
245.70 (December 2022)
Young carer grant (Scotland only)
326.65
Child benefit
Only/eldest child
21.80
Other child(ren)
14.45
Disability living allowance
Care component
Highest rate
92.40
Middle rate
61.85
Lowest rate
24.45
Mobility component
Higher rate
64.50
Lower rate
24.45
Contributory employment and support allowance
Assessment phase
Under 25
61.05
25 or over
77.00
Main phase
16 or over
77.00
Work-related activity component
30.60
Support component
40.60
Guardian’s allowance
18.55
Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
Under 25
61.05
25 or over
77.00
Maternity allowance
Standard rate
156.66
Personal independence payment
Daily living component
Standard rate
61.85
Enhanced rate
92.40
Mobility component
Standard rate
24.45
Enhanced rate
64.50
Retirement pensions
State pension (full rate)
185.15
Category A
141.85
Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental and parental bereavement pay
Standard rate
156.66
Statutory sick pay
99.35