Advice and assistance: calculating eligibility on capital - disregarded benefits

 

Do not include:

  • payments made from or in connection with the Windrush Compensation Scheme
  • payments made or in connection with Scottish child payment
  • Adult Disability Payments (ADP)
  • Short Term Assistance Payments while ADP is under appeal
  • Child Disability Payments (CDP)
  • Short Term Assistance Payments while CDP award is under appeal
  • Payment under Part 4 of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care (Scotland) Act 2021)
  • Adult Disability Payments (ADP)
  • Short Term Assistance Payments while the ADP award is under appeal
  • Any payment made under the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme
  • Any additional payment made under the Social Security (Additional Payments) Act 2022 (cost of living)
  • Any temporary additional amount to the social fund winter fuel payment paid by virtue of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2022 (cost of living).

Do not assume that an applicant has no capital when they are in receipt of benefits – in certain circumstances a person can have up to £16,000 in capital and still receive benefits.