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<p>The Department will be conducting the annual review of benefit and pension rates
later this year, as required by the Social Security Administration Act 1992. This
will include many Universal Credit rates, though it will exclude the standard allowance
which has been frozen at 2015/16 levels until the end of 2019/20, by the Welfare Reform
and Work Act 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting people
who cannot work or have additional needs as a result of illness or disability and
has consistently increased the carer amount, Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related
Activity amount and higher disabled child addition in line with inflation since the
introduction of Universal Credit. Additionally, although work allowances, have not
been increased each year they were raised in line with inflation for 2018/19.</p>
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