Guide to Benefits
Means Tested Benefits
Help to maintain income:
Help with specific needs:
The Social Fund:
Discretionary:
Regulatory:
Non-Means Tested (Non-Contributory)
Benefits
Benefits paid by employers:
Benefits for children:
Benefits for extra care & mobility needs:
Special Compensation Schemes:
Other Benefits:
Non-means tested Contributory Benefits
Notes
Overlapping Benefits - only one of these can be paid in full at
the same time. Claimants retain an “underlying entitlement” to the
other(s).
Short Term Benefits - are only payable for a limited period
of time.