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MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON BENEFITS LIKE UNIVERSAL CREDIT AND PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT ARE IN LINE FOR A BUMPER INCREASE NEXT YEAR - AND WE SHOULD KNOW PRETTY SOON 11:16, 25 Jul 2022Updated
15:01, 25 Jul 2022 Millions of benefits claimants will soon know how much their payments will go up by - and soaring inflation means increases could be pretty big. The Department for Work
and Pensions (DWP) will soon decide how much to increase many benefits by from the new tax year in April 2023. We should know their plans by November 2022. But normally benefits including
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Housing Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) go up based on inflation. The DWP normally looks at inflation in the year to
September then puts up benefits by that figure from the following April. Higher food and petrol prices have pushed inflation up to a 40-year high of 9.4% in June, the latest figures show.
Article continues below The Bank of England thinks inflation could go even higher this year, to around 11%. But around 31million people are on benefits that tend to go up with inflation, the
LIVERPOOL ECHO REPORTS. So while high inflation means we are paying more now for things like ENERGY BILLS, food and petrol, in the long run it is better news for claimants. As it stands,
the current DWP payment rates for 2022-2023 are below, with the previous amount for 2021-2022 in brackets to show how much they increased by. ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE * Higher rate: £92.40 (from
£89.60) * Lower rate: £61.85 (from £60.00) BEREAVEMENT BENEFIT For deaths between April 9, 2001 and April 5, 2017 * Widowed Parent's Allowance: £126.35 (from £122.55) BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT PAYMENT For deaths occurring on or after April 6, 2017 * Standard rate (lump sum) £2,500 (no change) * Standard rate monthly payments £100 (no change) * Higher rate lump sum stays at
£3,500 (no change) * Higher rate monthly payments £350 (no change) CARER'S ALLOWANCE * £69.70 (from £67.60) DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE - CARE COMPONENT * Highest: £92.40 (from £89.60)
* Middle: £61.85 (from £60.00) * Lowest: £24.45 (from £23.70) DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE - MOBILITY COMPONENT * Higher: £64.50 (from £62.55) * Lower: £24.45 (from £23.70) EMPLOYMENT AND
SUPPORT ALLOWANCE (ESA) * Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20) * 25 or over: £77 (from £74.70) HOUSING BENEFIT * Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20) * 25 or over: £77.00 (from £74.70) * Entitled to
main phase ESA: £77.00 (from £74.70) READ MORE: Marks & Spencer removes best-before dates on fruit and vegetables INCAPACITY BENEFIT * Long-term: £118.25 (from £114.70) INCOME SUPPORT *
Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20) * 25 or over: £77.00 from (£74.70) INDUSTRIAL DEATH BENEFIT * Widow's pension higher rate: £141.85 (from £137.60) * Widow's pension lower rate:
£42.56 (from £41.28) * Widower's pension: £141.85 (from £137.60) JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE - CONTRIBUTION-BASED JSA * Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20) * 25 or over: £77.00 (from £74.70)
JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE - INCOME-BASED JSA * Under 25: £61.05 (from £59.20) * 25 or over: £77.00 (from £74.70) READ MORE: Food and drink prices up 10% in year - see full list of biggest
rises from milk to rice MATERNITY/PATERNITY/SHARED PARENTAL ALLOWANCE/STATUTORY PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT PAY * Standard rate: £156.66 (from £151.97) PENSION CREDIT * Single: £182.60 (from
£177.10) * Couple: £278.70 (from £270.30) PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT (PIP) - DAILY LIVING COMPONENT * Enhanced: £92.40 (from £89.60) * Standard: £61.85 (from £60.00) PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE
PAYMENT (PIP) - MOBILITY COMPONENT * Enhanced: £64.50 (from £62.55) * Standard: £24.45 (from £23.70) READ MORE: Martin Lewis says savings rates hit a 10-year high - but many banks still
ignore savers NEW STATE PENSION * £185.15 (from £179.60) OLD STATE PENSION * Category A or B Basic: £141.85 (from £137.60) * Category B (lower) basic pension - spouse or civil partner's
insurance: £85 (from £82.45) * Category C or D - non-contributory: £85 (from £82.45) WIDOW'S PENSION * Standard rate: £126.35 (from £122.55) UNIVERSAL CREDIT (MONTHLY RATES SHOWN)
STANDARD ALLOWANCE - SINGLE * Single under 25: £265.31 (from £257.33) * Single 25 or over: £334.91 (from £324.84) READ MORE: All major shops helping with cost of living - from £1 Asda meals
to free Amazon TV STANDARD ALLOWANCE - COUPLE * Joint claimants both under 25: £416.45 (from £403.93) * Joint claimants, one or both 25 or over: £525.72 (from £509.91) STANDARD ALLOWANCE -
CHILD AMOUNTS * First child (born prior to 6 April 2017): £290.00 (from £282.60) * First child (born on or after 6 April 2017) or second child and subsequent child (where an exception or
transitional provision applies): £244.58 (from £237.08) STANDARD ALLOWANCE - DISABLED CHILD ADDITIONS * Lower rate: £132.89 (from £128.89) * Higher rate: £414.88 (from 402.41) LIMITED
CAPABILITY FOR WORK * Limited Capability for Work: £132.89 (from 128.89) * Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity: £354.28 (from £343.63) Article continues below CARER AMOUNT
* £168.81 (from £163.73) READ MORE: Your summer holiday refund rights as Brits head off on family getawaysREAD MORE: You may be owed more than £3,300 due to harsh HMRC pension rules