Universal Credit disabled child addition: every value since 2013
The monthly additions to Universal Credit for a disabled child, at a lower and a higher rate.
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the lower rate addition, from £123.62 in 2013 to 2014 to £164.79 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 13 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 4, went up in 9 and never went down. The largest rise from one value to the next was +10.1%, in 2023 to 2024 (from £132.89 to £146.31). Across the whole series the cash value changed by +33.3%. 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 £126.11.
Lower rate addition
| Tax year | Lower rate addition (a month) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £164.79 | +3.8% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £158.76 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £156.11 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £146.31 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £132.89 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £128.89 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £128.25 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £126.11 | – | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £126.11 | – | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £126.11 | – | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £126.11 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £126.11 | +1.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £124.86 | +1.0% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £123.62 from the following year's list, where it is given as last year's rate | 2.6% |
Higher rate addition
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the higher rate addition, from £352.92 in 2013 to 2014 to £514.71 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 | Higher rate addition (a month) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £514.71 | +3.8% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £495.87 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £487.58 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £456.89 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £414.88 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £402.41 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £400.29 | +2.1% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £392.08 | +2.1% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £383.86 | +3.1% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £372.30 | +1.2% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £367.92 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £367.92 | +1.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £362.92 | +2.8% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £352.92 from the following year's list, where it is given as last year's rate | 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: 13 yearly documents from 2014 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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