Benefit Eligibility Guide
Answer a few questions to see which UK benefits you may be eligible for. This is a general guide — always check official eligibility criteria.
What is your age group?
About this tool — how it works
This tool asks four questions — your age group, work situation, whether you have a long-term health condition or disability, and your housing situation — and matches your answers against a set of rules to build a personalised list of benefits that are commonly relevant to people in your circumstances. Results such as Universal Credit, PIP, Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance (noting its £151-a-week earnings limit), Council Tax Support, and housing-related help are marked “likely relevant” or shown as a secondary suggestion depending on how closely your answers match.
Each suggestion links to a guide covering that benefit’s actual eligibility rules in full, because the checker itself does not apply them.
The tool does not check income, savings, National Insurance record, immigration status, or any of the detailed criteria that determine real entitlement — it only narrows down which benefits are worth investigating based on broad categories. It cannot calculate how much you would receive, and it is not a substitute for a benefits check with Citizens Advice or an adviser, particularly if your situation involves more than one of the categories asked about.
Frequently asked questions
What questions does the benefit checker ask?
Four: your age group (working age, over State Pension age, or under 18), your work situation, whether you have a long-term health condition or disability, and your housing situation. Your answers are combined to build a list of benefits worth investigating.
Does the tool confirm I am eligible for the benefits it lists?
No. It suggests benefits that are commonly relevant to people in your situation and flags some as "likely relevant", but it does not check the detailed eligibility rules, income, savings, or immigration status that actually determine entitlement. Every result links through to a guide with the full criteria.
Why does it suggest Carer’s Allowance even if I did not say I am a carer?
The tool shows Carer’s Allowance as a medium-relevance suggestion for anyone who did not say they work full-time, along with its weekly earnings limit, because caring commitments are common in that group. It is a prompt to check, not a confirmation that you qualify.
Where can I get a definitive answer on what I can claim?
Use the results as a starting list, then check the exact criteria on GOV.UK (or mygov.scot in Scotland) for each benefit, or speak to Citizens Advice or a benefits adviser, particularly if your circumstances are complicated.