Part 1 Personal Allowances
| (1) Person or Couple | (2) Amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Single claimant aged— | (1) | ||||
| (a) | except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18; | (a) | £72.90; | ||
| (b) | less than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who— | (b) | £72.90; | ||
| (i) | is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | is the subject of a direction under section 16; | ||||
| (c) | less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3; | (c) | £72.90; | ||
| (d) | not less than 18 but less than 25; | (d) | £72.90; | ||
| (e) | not less than 25. | (e) | £92.05. | ||
| (2) Lone parent aged— | (2) | ||||
| (a) | except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18; | (a) | £72.90; | ||
| (b) | less than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who— | (b) | £72.90; | ||
| (i) | is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | is the subject of a direction under section 16; | ||||
| (c) | less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3; | (c) | £72.90; | ||
| (d) | not less than 18. | (d) | £92.05. | ||
| (3) Couple— | (3) | ||||
| (a) | where both members are aged less than 18 and— | (a) | £110.15; | ||
| (i) | at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or | ||||
| (ii) | had they not been members of a couple, each would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied; or | ||||
| (iii) | had they not been members of a couple, the claimant would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied and his partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or | ||||
| (iv) | they are married or civil partners, and one member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies and the other member is registered in accordance with regulation 62; or | ||||
| (iva) | they are married or civil partners, and each member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (v) | there is a direction under section 16 (jobseeker’s allowance in cases of severe hardship) in respect of each member; or | ||||
| (vi) | there is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (vii) | there is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; | ||||
| (b) | where both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and either— | (b) | £72.90; | ||
| (i) | is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Act; | ||||
| (c) | where both members are aged less than 18 and neither head (a) nor (b) applies but one member of the couple— | (c) | £72.90; | ||
| (i) | is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | is the subject of a direction under section 16; | ||||
| (d) | where both members are aged less than 18 and none of heads (a), (b) or (c) apply but one member of the couple is a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph 13(1)(a); | (d) | £72.90; | ||
| (e) | where— | (e) | £144.65; | ||
| (i) | both members are aged not less than 18; or | ||||
| (ii) | one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person who is— | ||||
| (aa) | under 18, and | ||||
| (bb) | treated as responsible for a child; | ||||
| (f) | where paragraph (e) does not apply and one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who— | (f) | £144.65; | ||
| (i) | is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | is the subject of a direction under section 16; or | ||||
| (iii) | satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or who would do so if he were not a member of a couple, other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or | ||||
| (iv) | satisfies requirements for entitlement to an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; | ||||
| (g) | where one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18— | (g) | £72.90; | ||
| (i) | to whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | who is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and | ||||
| (iii) | does not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it; | ||||
| (h) | where one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18— | (h) | £92.05. | ||
| (i) | to whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or | ||||
| (ii) | who is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and | ||||
| (iii) | does not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it. | ||||