6. Other benefits and tax credits
Child benefit is ignored as income for income support (IS) and income-based jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) if you are getting child tax credit. However, if you have been getting IS or income-based JSA since before 6 April 2004 that includes amounts for your child(ren), child benefit is taken into account as income. Child benefit is ignored as income for universal credit, income-related employment and support allowance and housing benefit.
Child benefit is taken into account when calculating whether the
benefit cap applies (see
here and
here).