This factsheet provides basic information about what having a ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition or being a ‘person subject to immigration control’ means for benefit entitlement.
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, the financial implications should not be a barrier to making yourself and your children safe. There are special social security rules that are aimed at helping you if you have experienced domestic violence.
If you qualify for a means-tested benefit such as universal credit or housing benefit, or for child tax credit, and you have more than two dependent children, the amount of benefit you get may be restricted by what is called the ‘two-child limit’. This page explains one of the exceptions to the two-child limit which may be relevant to survivors of domestic abuse.
The support we can offer if you have experienced domestic abuse and the abuser’s benefits are still being paid into your bank or building society account against your wishes.
The circumstances in which your work-related requirements for universal credit, new-style jobseeker’s allowance and new-style employment and support allowance can be reduced or paused if you have recently experienced domestic abuse.
An explanation of means-tested benefit rules which may be relevant to people who have ended their relationship with an abusive partner but who continue living in the same home as them.
Universal credit is replacing means-tested benefits and tax credits for working age people. The only means-tested benefit for working age claimants who need to make a new claim is universal credit.
This factsheet provides basic advice about the benefit rights of Afghan families admitted to the UK under several different resettlement schemes since the return of the Taliban to power in 2021.
Your entitlement to means-tested benefits can be affected by the amount of ‘capital’ you have. The value of a property which you own, or jointly own, counts as capital but in some circumstances its value can be disregarded. If you have had to leave a property you own, or jointly own, because of domestic abuse and you are single, or a single parent, this page explains the effect of your capital on your entitlement to means-tested benefits and whether the value of your property can be disregarded.
The date on which the annual uprating of benefit occurs depends on the benefit claimed. This table lists of the dates from which the 2024/25 benefit rates apply.
