SCHEDULE 4Capital disregards

PART 1Capital to be disregarded

21.

(1)

Subject to paragraph 22 any amount paid—

(a)

by way of arrears of benefit;

(b)

by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit;

(c)

in lieu of the payment of benefit; or

(d)

to rectify, or compensate for, an official error,

being an amount to which that paragraph does not apply.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1) “benefit” means—

(a)

attendance allowance under section 64 of the 1992 Act M1;

(b)

child tax credit;

(c)

council tax benefit;

(d)

disability living allowance;

F1(da)

armed forces independence payment;

(e)

personal independence payment;

(f)

housing benefit;

(g)

income-related employment and support allowance;

(h)

income support;

(i)

income-based jobseeker's allowance;

(j)

state pension credit;

(k)

working tax credit;

(l)

an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the 1992 Act (increase where constant attendance is needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of the 1992 Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement);

(m)

any amount included on account of the applicant's exceptionally severe disablement or need for constant attendance in a war disablement pension, war widow's pension or war widower's pension; F2...

(n)

any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 M2 F3; or

(o)

any social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8 of the 1992 Act.