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Passported Benefits
As well as payments from the Social Fund to which claimants of particular benefits have access, there are other 'passported benefits' to which claimants of particular benefits are automatically entitled:
'Passported Benefit' |
Qualifying Benefit |
Additional condition (if any) |
Warm Front Grants:
Applications and enquiries: |
Constant Attendance Allowance Mobility Supplement |
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Jobseekers Allowance (income based) |
Claimant is over 60 or benefit includes the disability premium or the claimant has a child, receives Child Benefit or has a maternity certificate |
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Claimant must be entitled to the disability element and have income below annually set figure |
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Claimant must be entitled to maximum Child Tax Credit and have income below annually set figure |
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Free School Meals |
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Claimant must be entitled to maximum Child Tax Credit and/or have a income below a certain level |
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Health Benefits for free prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses, wigs and fabric supports, hospital fares |
Jobseekers Allowance (income based) |
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Income must be below a certain level and claimant must be entitled to Child Tax Credit or, for Working Tax Credit only, be entitled to the disability element. |
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Free Milk and Vitamins to be replaced by 'Healthy Start' - vouchers for milk, vitamins, fresh fruit and vegetables |
Jobseekers Allowance (income based) |
Claimant or a member of the claimant’s family is an expectant mother, or is a child under 4 |
Claimant receives maximum Child Tax Credit and does not receive Working Tax Credit and is responsible for a child under 4 |