Welfare Benefits Handbook 2025/26Part 3: Other means-tested benefitsChapter 16: Income: under pension age 1. Whose income counts
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1. Whose income counts
Your income counts and, if you are a member of a couple (see here), your partner’s income also counts.1HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992
ESA Sch 1 para 6(2) WRA 2007; reg 83 ESA Regs
 The income of your dependent children does not affect your means-tested benefits.2ESA Reg 83(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 25(3) HB Regs
Note: if you or your partner are getting income-related employment and support allowance (or universal credit), all your (and your partner’s) income is ignored for housing benefit.3Schs 4 para 12 and 5 para 4 HB Regs
 
1     HB s136(1) SSCBA 1992
ESA Sch 1 para 6(2) WRA 2007; reg 83 ESA Regs
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2     ESA Reg 83(2) ESA Regs
HB Reg 25(3) HB Regs
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3     Schs 4 para 12 and 5 para 4 HB Regs
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