I Receive Benefits

Benefits:

• Attendance Allowance is going up by 9.8% from £87.40 for the higher rate and £58.60 for the lower rate to around £95.97 and £64.34 respectively.
• Bereavement Support Payment up by 10.1% from £126.35 per week to around £139.11
• Bereavement Allowances (Legacy) up 10.1%
• Child benefit is going up by 9.8% for those who are eligible to receive the full amount, from £24.25 for a first/only child and £15.96 for any subsequent children to around £26.57 and £17.51 respectively. That's a £1,078,000 increase in the overall budget spend
• Disability Living Allowance up by 9.8% generally but up by10.1% for higher rate mobility component
• Incapacity Benefit Youth up by 10.1%
• Income Support Carer Premium up 17.1% from £87.50 for a single person and £131.20 for a couple to around £102.46 and £153.64 respectively
• Income Support Disability is going up by 9.8% from £65.25 for a single person and £97.91 per couple to around £71.64 and £107.51 respectively
• Disabled Child Premiums up by 9.8% from £49.82 to around £54.70 
• Job Seekers Allowance - Contribution based up by 9.8% from £61.05 for people under 25 and £77.00 for those over 25 to around £67.03 and £84.55 respectively
• Job Seekers Allowance - Income based up by 9.8%

 

• Long Term Incapacity Benefit - up 10.1% from £118.25 to around £130.23
• Short Term Incapacity Benefit - up 10.1 from £89.23 to around £98.24
• Nursing Care Contribution up by 10.1% from £190.74 to around £210.00

• The Manx State Pension is rising by 10.1% from £202.23 to £222.66
• Additional pension ‘SERPS’ up by 10.1%
• Manx State Pension - protected amounts rising by 10.1%

 

• Widows Pension - up by 10.1%
• Maternity, Paternity or Adoption Allowances will increase by 16.8% which represents £588,000 increase in the overall budget spent
• The single parent allowance is staying at £6,400
• Child benefit is going up by 9.8% for those who are eligible to receive the full amount, from £24.25 for a first/only child and £15.96 for any subsequent children to around £26.57 and £17.51 respectively. That's a £1,078,000 increase in the overall budget spend