Dependency increasesRates 2022/23 (£)Rates 2023/24 (£) Payable with: State Pension Widowed Mothers/Parents Allowance short-term Incapacity benefit - higher rate or over state pension age long-term Incapacity Benefit Carer’s Allowance Severe Disablement Unemployability Supplement 11.3511.35 The rate of child dependency increase is adjusted where it is payable for the eldest child for whom child benefit is also paid. The weekly rate in such cases is reduced by the difference (less £3.65) between the ChB rates for the eldest and subsequent children8.008.00