Advice and assistance: calculating eligibility on income - disregarded benefits
Do not include:
Adoption Allowance
Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
Armed Forces Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
Bereavement Allowance
Bereavement Payment
Care (Invalid) Allowance
Child Benefit
Child Disability Payments (CDP)
Child Tax Credit
Child Maintenance Bonus
Child Support Maintenance (only if paid through the Child Support Agency)
Christmas Bonus
Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance
Contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Council Tax Benefit
Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
Foster Care Allowance
Guardian’s Allowance
Housing Benefit
Incapacity Benefit (Incap)
Industrial Injuries Disablement Pension (IIDP)
Kinship Carers Allowance
Payment under Part 4 of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care (Scotland) Act 2021)
Pension Credit
Personal Independence Payment
Scottish Child Payment
Severe Disablement Allowance
Short Term assistance payments while ADP is under appeal
Short Term Assistance Payments while Child Disability Payment award is under appeal
Sickness Benefit
State Retirement Pension
Statutory Maternity Pay (non-occupational)
Statutory Sick Pay (non-occupational)
Sums payable to holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross
War Disablement Pension
War Widow’s/Widower’s Pension
Widowed Parent’s Allowance
Windrush Compensation Payment
Working Tax Credit
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).