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Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook 2024/25

Non-means-tested benefit rates 2024/25

Benefit	£pw
Attendance allowance
Higher rate	108.55
Lower rate	72.65
Bereavement benefits
Widowed parent’s allowance/widowed mother’s allowance	148.40
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	81.90
Child benefit
Only/eldest child	25.60
Other child(ren)	16.95
Disability living allowance
Care component
Highest rate	108.55
Middle rate	72.65
Lowest rate	28.70
Mobility component
Higher rate	75.75
Lower rate	28.70
Contributory employment and support allowance
Assessment phase
Under 25	71.70
25 or over	90.50
Main phase
16 or over	90.50
Work-related activity component	35.95
Support component	47.70
Guardian’s allowance	21.75
Short-term incapacity benefit
Under pension age
Lower rate	104.85
Higher rate	124.00
Adult dependant	62.85
Over pension age
Lower rate	133.25
Higher rate	138.90
Adult dependant	77.70
Long-term incapacity benefit	138.90
Age addition (under 35)	14.70
Age addition (35–44)	8.15
Adult dependant	80.70
Industrial injuries disablement benefit	20%: £44.30 to 100%: £221.50
Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance
Under 25	71.70
25 or over	90.50
Maternity allowance
Standard rate	184.03
Personal independence payment
Daily living component
Standard rate	72.65
Enhanced rate	108.55
Mobility component
Standard rate	28.70
Enhanced rate	75.75
Retirement pensions
State pension (full rate)	221.20
Category A	169.50
Category B (widow(er)/surviving civil partner)	169.50
Category B (spouse/civil partner)	101.55
Category D	101.55
Severe disablement allowance	98.40
Age addition (under 40)	14.70
Age addition (40–49)	8.15
Age addition (50–59)	8.15
Adult dependant	48.40
Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental and parental bereavement pay
Standard rate	184.03
Statutory sick pay	116.75
National insurance contributions
Lower earnings limit	123
Primary threshold	242
Class 1 rate Class 1 rate (above upper earnings limit)	8% of £242 to £967 2% above £967
Class 2 (voluntary) rate	3.45
Scotland-only payments
Adult disability payment
Daily living component
Standard rate	72.65
Enhanced rate	108.55
Mobility component
Standard rate	28.70
Enhanced rate	75.75
Child disability payment
Care component
Highest rate	108.55
Middle rate	72.65
Lowest rate	28.70
Mobility component
Higher rate	75.75
Lower rate	28.70
Carer support payment	81.90
Carer’s allowance supplement	288.60 (June 2024)
	288.60 (December 2024)
Child winter heating payment	251.50 annual payment
Winter heating payment	58.75 annual payment
Young carer grant	383.75 annual payment