| Group | Benefit |
| Elderly people | Retirement Pension Non-contributory Retirement Pension Christmas Bonus The principal income-related benefits Winter Fuel Payment |
| Long-term sick and disabled people | Incapacity Benefit (long-term rate) Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Disability Working Allowance Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Other Industrial Injuries Benefit Severe Disablement Allowance Invalid Care Allowance War Pensions Independent Living Fund Motability Christmas Bonus Principal income-related benefits |
| Short-term sick people | Statutory Sick Pay Incapacity Benefit (short-term rate) Principal income-related benefits |
| Families | Child Benefit Family Credit Statutory Maternity Pay Maternity Allowance Maternity Grant Principal income-related benefits |
| Unemployed people | Unemployment Benefit Jobseeker's Allowance Principal income-related benefits |
| Widows and others | Widow's Benefits War Widow's Pensions Guardian Allowance and Child's Special Allowance Industrial Death Benefit Social Fund Funereal Payments Earnings Top-up Pilots Income support paid to people who do not fall within the other client groups |