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- Minimum Levels
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- Benefit Rates 2011/12 (pdf file)
MINIMUM LEVELS
The elements that make up the minimum levels vary according to each benefit and tax credit, but there are two types of elements common to all:
- Basic amounts for the adults and/or children included in the claim
- Additional amounts to meet the needs of certain people e.g. those with disabilities, carers, disabled children.
Successful income maximisation relies on identifying entitlement to the non-means-tested benefits which guarantee the inclusion in the minimum levels of these additional elements for means-tested benefits and tax credits.
Click here to view tables which show the elements included in the minimum levels for each benefit and tax credit (with the exception of Savings Credit which is not dealt with here).
Click here to view a guide to the non-means-tested benefits which allow the inclusion of these additional elements.