Benefit Cap is a deduction applied to the total amount of Universal Credit or Housing Benefit working age people (16-64 years old) can receive.
Are you affected? see link Affected by Benefit Cap
Not affected? see link for exemptions from the Benefit Cap Benefit Cap Exemptions
Benefit Cap applies once your income from benefits reaches:
£423.46 a week if you are a couple or have children or
£283.71 a week if you are a single person
In Scotland the Benefit Cap is mitigated this means you are automatically entitled to receive help if you are affected by the cap. Please apply at Discretionary Housing Payment
What else can you do?
Contact Council Advice Services team or Citizens Advice Bureau to check your benefits, especially if you or any of your children have disabilities.
Finding work may be the best way to ensure that the Benefit Cap doesn't apply.
Jobcentre Plus are offering employment support to all those potentially affected.
Dundee City Jobcentre Plus Advisers provide personalised advice to help customers understand what the Benefit Cap might mean for them and encourage and assist them to move into suitable and sustainable employment.
