Disability Living Allowance: care: every value since 2013
The care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), paid at the lowest, middle or highest rate. New applications are now only for children under 16.
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the highest rate, from £79.15 in 2013 to 2014 to £114.60 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 13 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 1, went up in 12 and never went down. The largest rise from one value to the next was +10.1%, in 2023 to 2024 (from £92.40 to £101.75). Across the whole series the cash value changed by +44.8%. The value in 2025 to 2026 was +1.7% on the one before; ONS CPI inflation for calendar year 2025 was 3.4%. Ten years before the latest value, in 2016 to 2017, it was £82.30. DWP's expenditure tables put total spending on Disability Living Allowance at £7.7 billion in 2024/25, with an average caseload of 1,316 thousand.
Highest rate
| Tax year | Highest rate (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £114.60 | +3.8% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £110.40 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £108.55 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £101.75 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £92.40 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £89.60 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £89.15 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £87.65 | +2.4% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £85.60 | +3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £83.10 | +1.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £82.30 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £82.30 | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £81.30 | +2.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £79.15 | 2.6% |
Middle rate
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the middle rate, from £53.00 in 2013 to 2014 to £76.70 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 13 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 1, went up in 12 and never went down.
| Tax year | Middle rate (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £76.70 | +3.8% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £73.90 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £72.65 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £68.10 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £61.85 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £60.00 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £59.70 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £58.70 | +2.4% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £57.30 | +3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £55.65 | +1.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £55.10 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £55.10 | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £54.45 | +2.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £53.00 | 2.6% |
Lowest rate
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the lowest rate, from £21.00 in 2013 to 2014 to £30.30 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 13 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 1, went up in 12 and never went down.
| Tax year | Lowest rate (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £30.30 | +3.8% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £29.20 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £28.70 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £26.90 | +10.0% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £24.45 | +3.2% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £23.70 | +0.4% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £23.60 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £23.20 | +2.4% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £22.65 | +3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £22.00 | +0.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £21.80 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £21.80 | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £21.55 | +2.6% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £21.00 | 2.6% |
CPI: ONS series D7G7, for the calendar year the period starts in. About these tables · CSV
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Sources and receipts
- DWP Benefit and pension rates, Department for Work and Pensions: 14 yearly documents from 2013 to 2026, each linked from its row in the table. Read 2026-10-15. File addresses and SHA-256: receipts for each document.
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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