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Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook 2023/24

Non-means-tested benefit rates 2023/24

	£pw
Attendance allowance
Higher rate	101.75
Lower rate	68.10
Bereavement benefits
Widowed parent’s allowance/widowed mother’s allowance	139.10
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	76.75
Child benefit
Only/eldest child	24.00
Other child(ren)	15.90
Disability living allowance
Care component
Highest rate	101.75
Middle rate	68.10
Lowest rate	26.90
Mobility component
Higher rate	71.00
Lower rate	26.90
Contributory employment and support allowance
Assessment phase
Under 25	67.20
25 or over	84.80
Main phase
16 or over	84.80
Work-related activity component	33.70
Support component	44.70
Guardian’s allowance	20.40
Short-term incapacity benefit
Under pension age
Lower rate	98.25
Higher rate	116.20
Adult dependant	58.90
Over pension age
Lower rate	124.90
Higher rate	130.20
Adult dependant	72.80
Long-term incapacity benefit	130.20
Age addition (under 35)	13.80
Age addition (35–44)	7.65
Adult dependant	75.65
Industrial injuries disablement benefit	20%: £41.52 to 100%: £207.60
Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
Under 25	67.20
25 or over	84.80
Maternity allowance
Standard rate	172.48
Personal independence payment
Daily living component
Standard rate	68.10
Enhanced rate	101.75
Mobility component
Standard rate	26.90
Enhanced rate	71.00
Retirement pensions
State pension (full rate)	203.85
Category A	156.20
Category B (widow(er)/surviving civil partner)	156.20
Category B (spouse/civil partner)	93.60
Category D	93.60
Severe disablement allowance	92.20
Age addition (under 40)	13.80
Age addition (40–49)	7.65
Age addition (50–59)	7.65
Adult dependant	45.35
Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental and parental bereavement pay
Standard rate	172.48
Statutory sick pay	109.40
National insurance contributions
Lower earnings limit	123
Primary threshold	242
Employee’s class 1 rate	12% of £242 to £967
Class 2 rate (self-employed)	2% above £967
Scotland-only payments
Adult disability payment
Daily living component
Standard rate	68.10
Enhanced rate	101.75
Mobility component
Standard rate	26.90
Enhanced rate	71.00
Child disability payment
Care component
Highest rate	101.75
Middle rate	68.10
Lowest rate	26.90
Mobility component
Higher rate	71.00
Lower rate	26.90
Carer’s allowance supplement	270.50 (June 2023)
	270.50 (December 2023)
Child winter heating assistance	235.70 annual payment
Winter heating payment	55.05 annual payment
Young carer grant	359.65 annual payment