Which benefits and tax credits can a client claim

The table below gives a non-exhaustive overview of the possible benefits and tax credits to which a client may be entitled depending on their circumstances. More than one circumstance may apply to a particular client (eg, they may have a child, a disability, a mortgage and work part-time), in which case you should refer to all relevant headings.

Circumstance	Potential benefits and tax credits
Bereaved	Bereavement support payment
	Funeral support payment
	Statutory parental bereavement pay
Carer	Carer’s allowance or carer support payment
	Universal credit with a carer element
	Income support (existing awards only)
	Young carer grant
Responsible for a child	Child tax credit Universal credit with a child element(s)
	Child benefit
	Guardian’s allowance
	Scottish child payment
	Statutory maternity pay
	Statutory paternity pay
	Statutory shared parental pay
	Statutory adoption pay
	Maternity allowance
	Health benefits
	Best Start grant
	Best Start foods
Disabled	Personal independence payment Adult disability payment
	Disability living allowance Child disability payment
	Attendance allowance Pension age disability payment
	Industrial injuries benefits
Pensioner	Retirement pension
	Pension credit Universal credit (in some cases where your partner is not yet pension age)
	Winter fuel payment Pension age winter heating payment
Pregnant	Statutory maternity pay
	Maternity allowance
	Health benefits
	Best Start grant Best Start foods
Paying rent	Universal credit
	Housing benefit (existing awards and certain types of housing only)
	Discretionary housing payments
Sick and unable to work	Contributory employment and support allowance Income-related employment and support allowance (existing awards only)
	Statutory sick pay
	Universal credit
Unemployed and seeking work	Contributory jobseeker’s allowance Income-based jobseeker’s allowance (existing claims only)
	Universal credit
Unemployed and not seeking work	Universal credit
	Income support (existing claims only)
Working, but on a low income	Universal credit
	Working tax credit