The support we can offer if you have experienced domestic abuse and the abuser’s benefits are still being paid into your bank or building society account against your wishes.
The circumstances in which your work-related requirements for universal credit, new-style jobseeker’s allowance and new-style employment and support allowance can be reduced or paused if you have recently experienced domestic abuse.
An explanation of means-tested benefit rules which may be relevant to people who have ended their relationship with an abusive partner but who continue living in the same home as them.
Your entitlement to means-tested benefits can be affected by the amount of ‘capital’ you have. The value of a property which you own, or jointly own, counts as capital but in some circumstances its value can be disregarded. If you have had to leave a property you own, or jointly own, because of domestic abuse and you are single, or a single parent, this page explains the effect of your capital on your entitlement to means-tested benefits and whether the value of your property can be disregarded.
Information for people over 18 who have received a universal credit (UC) sanction because they have not met their work-related requirements. The rules on sanctions are different for 16–17-year-olds and for those on other benefits. Any benefit that has work-related requirements can be sanctioned.
