Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2023/24Part 4: General rules for other means-tested benefitsChapter 22: Capital: under pension age 2. Whose capital counts
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2. Whose capital counts
If you are a member of a couple (see here), your partner’s capital is added to yours.1IS/HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992
JSA s13(2) JSA 1995
ESA Sch 1 para 6(2) WRA 2007
Your child’s capital is not added to yours and does not affect your benefit.2IS Reg 23(2) IS Regs
JSA Reg 88(2) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 83(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 25(3) HB Regs
 
1     IS/HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992
JSA s13(2) JSA 1995
ESA Sch 1 para 6(2) WRA 2007 »
2     IS Reg 23(2) IS Regs
JSA Reg 88(2) JSA Regs
ESA Reg 83(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 25(3) HB Regs »
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