Freezing of Benefits

The main rates of working age benefits and tax credits have been frozen for four years from April 2016 to April 2020.

IN THIS ARTICLE

What benefits are affected by the freeze.
Benefits that are not affected by uprating.

The main rates of working age benefits and tax credits have been frozen for four years from April 2016 to April 2020.

Benefits that are affected are:

Jobseeker's Allowance
Income Support
The Employment and Support Allowance Assessment Rate and Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) Rate
Child Benefit
The Applicable amounts* for the calculation of Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance rates
Child and Working Tax Credit (with the exception of the adult and child disability elements. The disability elements will continue to be increased by the Consumer Price Index)

*The Applicable amount represents your family's basic living expenses.

Benefits that are not affected by the uprating are:

Pensioner benefits
The support component of Employment Support Allowance
Personal Independence Payment
Disability Living Allowance
Maternity allowance
Statutory sick pay
Statutory maternity/paternity pay
Statutory shared parental pay
Statutory adoption pay
Any disability, carers or pensioners elements of benefits, for example, the disability elements of Child and Working Tax Credit.