PART 2ENTITLEMENT

Financial conditions

Capital limit18

1

For the purposes of Article 10(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the Order (financial conditions: capital limit)—

a

the prescribed amount for a single claimant is £16,000, and

b

the prescribed amount for joint claimants is £16,000.

2

In a case where the person is a member of a couple, but makes a claim as a single person, the claimant's capital is to be treated as including the capital of the other member of the couple.