{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111531938",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Table showing amounts of elements",
  "text": "(1) The amounts of the standard allowance, the child element, the LCW and LCWRA elements and the carer element (which are all fixed amounts) and the maximum amounts of the childcare costs element are given in the following table.\n(2) The amount of the housing costs element is dealt with in regulation 26.\n(3) In the case of an award where the claimant is a member of a couple, but claims as a single person, the amounts are those shown in the table for a single claimant.\nElement\nAmount for each assessment period\nStandard allowance—\nsingle claimant aged under 25\n£246.81\nsingle claimant aged 25 or over\n£311.55\njoint claimants both aged under 25\n£387.42\njoint claimants where either is aged 25 or over\n£489.06\nChild element—\nfirst child or qualifying young person\n£272.08\nsecond and each subsequent child or qualifying young person\n£226.67\nAdditional amount for disabled child or qualifying young person—\nlower rate\n£123.62\nhigher rate\n£352.92\nLCW and LCWRA elements—\nlimited capability for work\n£123.62\nlimited capability for work and work-related activity\n£303.66\nCarer element\n£144.70\nChildcare costs element—\nmaximum amount for one child\n£532.29\nmaximum amount for two or more children\n£912.50",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531938/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:55.239318+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}