Universal Credit LCWRA element: every value since 2013
The monthly amount added to Universal Credit for people assessed as having limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA).
Department for Work and Pensions gives 14 values for the monthly amount, from £303.66 in 2013 to 2014 to £217.26 in 2026 to 2027. Of the 13 year-to-year steps, it stayed the same in 1, went up in 11 and went down in 1. The largest rise from one value to the next was +10.1%, in 2023 to 2024 (from £354.28 to £390.06). The largest fall was -48.7%, in 2026 to 2027, from £423.27 to £217.26. Across the whole series the cash value changed by -28.5%. 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 £315.60.
From April 2026 DWP's rates list gives two amounts: one for people who applied from April 2026 and one for people who applied before it (shown as a separate series).
Monthly amount
| Tax year | Monthly amount (a month) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £217.26 | -48.7% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £423.27 | +1.7% | 3.4% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £416.19 | +6.7% | 2.5% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £390.06 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £354.28 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £343.63 | +0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £341.92 | +1.7% | 0.9% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £336.20 | +2.4% | 1.8% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £328.32 | +3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £318.76 | +1.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £315.60 | – | 0.7% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £315.60 from the following year's list, where it is given as last year's rate | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £311.86 | +2.7% | 1.5% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £303.66 from the following year's list, where it is given as last year's rate | 2.6% |
Monthly amount (applied before April 2026)
Department for Work and Pensions gives 2 values for the monthly amount (applied before April 2026), from £423.27 in 2025 to 2026 to £429.80 in 2026 to 2027. It went up in 1 of the 1 year-to-year steps and never went down.
| Tax year | Monthly amount (applied before April 2026) (a month) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to 2027 | £429.80 | +1.5% | not yet published |
| 2025 to 2026 | £423.27 from the following year's list, where it is given as last year's rate | 3.4% |
Source: DWP rates 2026.
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: 12 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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