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Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27
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01 Jun 2026
15. Miscellaneous income
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15. Miscellaneous income
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15. Miscellaneous income
The following types of income are taken fully into account:
■
maintenance payments made by your spouse or civil partner, or former spouse or civil partner, under a court order or maintenance agreement (however, maintenance payments for a child are disregarded);
■
Sports Council National Lottery awards, where the payment is for living expenses (see below);
■
payments received under an insurance policy to insure against the risk of losing income due to illness, accident or redundancy;
■
income from an annuity, unless the annuity has been bought using personal injury compensation (see
14 above
);
■
income from a trust
, unless the trust has been set up using personal injury compensation or with funds from one of the special compensation schemes listed in
14 above
;
and
■
any other income that is taxable under Part 5 of the 2005 Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act.
UC Regs, reg 66(1)(d)(g)(h)(i)(j)&(m)
Living expenses –
These are the costs of:
■
food;
■
ordinary clothing or
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Chris Lewis. "15. Miscellaneous income." In
Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27.
, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-271768CITANCHOR.
Chris Lewis. "15. Miscellaneous income." In
Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27.
, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-271768CITANCHOR.
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Chris Lewis
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Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27
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