Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook 2025/26 Non-means-tested benefit rates 2025/26
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Non-means-tested benefit rates 2025/26
Benefit
£pw
Adult disability payment
Daily living component
Standard rate
73.90
Enhanced rate
110.40
Mobility component
Standard rate
29.20
Enhanced rate
77.05
Attendance allowance
Higher rate
110.40
Lower rate
73.90
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
83.30
Carer’s allowance supplement
293.50 (June 2025)
293.50 (December 2025)
Carer support payment
83.30
Young carer grant
390.25
Child benefit
Only/eldest child
26.05
Other child(ren)
17.25
Disability living allowance
Care component
Highest rate
110.40
Middle rate
73.90
Lowest rate
29.20
Mobility component
Higher rate
77.05
Lower rate
29.20
Contributory employment and support allowance
Assessment phase
Under 25
72.90
25 or over
92.05
Main phase
16 or over
92.05
Work-related activity component
36.55
Support component
48.50
Guardian’s allowance
22.10
New-style jobseeker’s allowance
Under 25
72.90
25 or over
92.05
Maternity allowance
Standard rate
187.18
Personal independence payment
Daily living component
Standard rate
73.90
Enhanced rate
110.40
Mobility component
Standard rate
29.20
Enhanced rate
77.05
Retirement pensions
State pension (full rate)
230.25
Category A
176.45
Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental, parental bereavement and neonatal care pay
Standard rate
187.18
Statutory sick pay
118.75