Means-tested benefit rates

Pension credit
Guarantee credit
Standard minimum guarantee	Single	238.00
	Couple	363.25
Severe disability addition	One qualifies	86.05
	Two qualify	172.10
Carer addition		48.15
Child addition	Standard amount	69.98
	Standard amount for eldest child born before 6 April 2017	81.07
	Disabled child increase	37.93
	Severely disabled child increase	118.46
Savings credit
Threshold	Single	208.07
	Couple	329.75
Maximum	Single	17.96
	Couple	20.10
Capital disregard
Standard/care homes		10,000
No upper limit
Deemed income: £1 per £500 above disregard

Housing benefit
Personal allowances
Single	Under 25	75.65
	Under 25 (on main phase ESA)	95.55
	25 or over	95.55
Lone parent	Under 18	75.65
	Under 18 (on main phase ESA)	95.55
	18 or over	95.55
Couple	Both under 18	114.35
	Both under 18 (claimant on main phase ESA)	150.15
	One or both 18 or over	150.15
Dependent children	Under 20	87.88
Pension age (and claimant/partner not on UC)	Single (reached pension age before 1 April 2021)	256.00
	Single (reached pension age on or after 1 April 2021)	238.00
	Couple (

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