Disability benefit rates 2026/27 - every rate on one page.

Updated 25 October 2026 · 2026/27 rates apply from April 2026 · weekly unless stated otherwise

Which rate you get depends on how your condition affects you, not on the diagnosis, apart from a few special rules covered in conditions that qualify automatically. Most benefit rates rose by 3.8% in April 2026, in line with the September 2025 inflation figure. A few didn't: the components on income-related ESA and the Universal Credit LCW element stayed frozen (the New Style ESA components did rise), and the Universal Credit health element was restructured for new claims. Everything below is taken from the DWP's official rates document, not rounded or estimated.

PIP - Personal Independence Payment

Both enhanced rates together add up to £194.60 a week - a little over £10,100 a year, tax-free. Adult Disability Payment in Scotland pays the same amounts.

PIP isn't means-tested and can be paid on top of work, ESA, UC or a pension. For how awards are actually calculated, PIPexpert's guide to how much you'll get walks through the points system.

Attendance Allowance

Attendance Allowance mirrors the PIP daily living rates but has no mobility component - one of the reasons timing matters if you're close to State Pension age. See what changes at State Pension age. For help with the claim form itself, there's our sister site AttendanceExpert.

DLA - Disability Living Allowance (children, and protected adult awards)

New DLA claims are only possible for children under 16. Adults who kept their DLA, mostly people born on or before 8 April 1948, are paid these same rates: our guide to adult DLA rates 2026/27 explains who still gets it and what it unlocks. Our parents' guide covers the rates and the move to PIP at 16, and our guide to EHCPs and DLA explains how a child's DLA claim and an Education, Health and Care Plan support each other.

Carer's Allowance

Paid for caring at least 35 hours a week for someone who gets a qualifying disability benefit, such as PIP daily living, Attendance Allowance or DLA care at the middle or highest rate. In Scotland, carers apply for Carer Support Payment instead, which pays up to the same £86.45 a week. Details and the claim are on gov.uk and mygov.scot (linked in the sources below).

ESA - Employment and Support Allowance

New Style ESA support group total: £145.90 a week. Income-related ESA is closed to new claims; on existing claims the personal allowance rose further (to £97.75) but both components stayed frozen, so its support group total for a single person aged 25 or over is £146.25 a week before premiums such as the enhanced disability premium. The work-related activity component has not been paid on new claims since 3 April 2017 (only older protected claims get it), which is why gov.uk lists the work-related activity group at up to £95.55 a week.

Universal Credit (monthly)

The big change this year is the LCWRA element: the standard allowance got an above-inflation rise, but the health element was roughly halved for claims that start from April 2026. Existing claimants, people meeting the severe conditions criteria and people who are terminally ill keep the higher amount. The rules around this are exactly what ESAexpert covers, including the Work Capability Assessment that decides LCW and LCWRA - a different test from PIP's. The LCWRA and carer elements also matter beyond their value: either one in your award takes your household out of the benefit cap, as our guide to benefit cap exemptions explains.

Sources: DWP - Benefit and pension rates 2026 to 2027 (official uprating document; rates apply from April 2026) · gov.uk: Carer's Allowance · mygov.scot: Carer Support Payment