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Benefit cap
3. Benefit cap amounts
Your benefit cap depends on where you live in the UK.
Use the benefit cap calculator to find out how the benefit cap affects you.
Outside Greater London
If you live outside a Greater London borough, the cap is:
- £384.62 per week (£20,000 a year) if you’re in a couple, whether your children live with you or not
- £384.62 per week (£20,000 a year) if you’re single and your children live with you
- £257.69 per week (£13,400 a year) if you’re single and you don’t have children, or your children don’t live with you
Inside Greater London
If you live in a Greater London borough, the cap is:
- £442.31 per week (£23,000 a year) if you’re in a couple, whether your children live with you or not
- £442.31 per week (£23,000 a year) if you’re single and your children live with you
- £296.35 per week (£15,410 a year) if you’re single and you don’t have children, or your children don’t live with you