Answers · Benefit
Who can get New Style Employment and Support Allowance?
Contribution-based. Not a public fund. 2026/27 assessment rate is £75.65 a week under 25 and £95.55 a week at 25 or over, before any work-capability component.
- Paid by Department for Work and Pensions.
- The catalogue looks for: Health limits work, and that was ticked.
- The catalogue looks for: National Insurance in the relevant tax years was ticked.
- The catalogue looks for: Not in work that takes you over the permitted-work rules.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Department for Work and Pensions
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.