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Capital rules other than for income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit

The amount of capital or savings that you have do not affect the following:

• attendance allowance
• bereavement allowance
• bereavement payment
• carer's allowance
• child benefit
• cold weather payments
• disability living allowance
• funeral expenses payments
• guardian's allowance
• incapacity benefit
• industrial injuries benefits
• jobseeker's allowance - contribution based 
• maternity allowance
• retirement pension 
• severe disablement allowance
• statutory adoption pay
• statutory maternity pay
• statutory paternity pay
• statutory sick pay
• sure start maternity grant
• war pensions
• widowed parents allowance
• winter fuel payments

Click on the links below to find out how your savings or capital affects the following benefits:

• budgeting loans 
• child tax credit
• community care grants
• crisis loans
• education benefits
• fares to hospital
• free dental treatment
• free milk
• free milk tokens
• free prescriptions
• free sight tests
• free vitamins
• free wigs and fabric supports
• pension credit
• reduced cost dried milk
• vouchers for glasses and contact lenses
• working tax credit

More information

• capital rules for income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit

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