Main Benefits Now April 05
(£/week) (£/week)
Attendance Allowance
Higher rate 58.80 60.60
Lower rate 39.35 40.55
Child Benefit
Only, elder (couple) 16.50 17.00
Only, elder (lone parent) 17.55 17.55
Each subsequent child 11.05 11.40
Disability Living Allowance
Care component
Highest 58.80 60.60
Middle 39.35 40.55
Lowest 15.55 16.05
Mobility component
Higher 41.05 42.30
Lower 15.55 16.05
Working Tax Credit
Disability components (£/annum)
Disability worker element 2,100 2,165
Severe disability element 890 920
Child Tax Credit
Disability components (£/annum)
Disability child element 2,215 2,285
Severe disability element 890 920
Severe Disablement Allowance
Basic rate 44..80 46.20
Age related addition
Higher rate 15.55 16.05
Middle rate 10.00 10.30
Lower rate 5.00 5.15
Carer's Allowance
(was Invalid Care Allowance) 44.35 45.70
Incapacity Benefit
Long-term Incapacity Benefit 74.15 76.45
Short-term Incapacity Benefit (under pension age)
Lower rate 55.90 57.65
Higher rate 66.15 57.65
Short-term Incapacity Benefit (over pension age)
Lower rate 71.15 73.35
Higher rate 74.15 76.45
Retirement Pension (A or B) 79.60 82.05
Statutory Sick Pay
Earnings threshold 79.00 82.00
Standard rate 66.15 68.20
Industrial Injuries Disablement Pension
18 and over, or under 18 with dependants
100% 120.10 123.80
20% 24.02 24.76
Under 18
100% 73.55 75.85
20% 14.71 15.17
Constant attendance allowance
Exceptional rate 96.20 99.20
Intermediate rate 72.15 74.40
Normal maximum rate 48.10 49.60
Part-time rate 24.05 24.80
Exceptionally severe
disablement allowance 48.10 59.60
Widow's Pensions 79.60 82.05
Earnings Rules
Carer's Allowance 79.00 82.00
Limit of earnings from
Councillor's Allowance 72.00 78.00
Permitted work earnings limit 72.00 78.00
Source: Disability Now

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Andrea Fuller
Fur kids Grace, Poppy, Flo and Fliss
d'huit - 15 Mar 2005 06:52 GMT
> Main Benefits Now April 05
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w0w! andrea, even if i double the amounts, cuz i'm too lazy to look up the
exchange rates, nobody in the uk is getting rich being disabled there,
either. looks kinda sad on both sides of the pond, doesn't it?
kate
Jan Brown - 15 Mar 2005 09:41 GMT
Thanks for posting this Andrea
Janet
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