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Accommodation offset calculator
Set hours, paid rate, age band and the days accommodation is provided. Returns the maximum rent that can be charged without breaching NMW.
Maximum permitted weekly rent
£77.70
Offset cap £77.70 (7 × £11.10) + NMW headroom £0.00.
Worked example: 4-week period
A 21+ NLW worker housed for 28 days. The maximum offset is 28 × £11.10 = £310.80 for the period. Above that cap, every additional pound of rent counts as a deduction that pulls pay below the NMW floor.
Utilities are separate
Utilities, council tax and meals provided alongside the accommodation are treated under the same offset cap if they form part of the accommodation arrangement. Stand-alone meal-deduction schemes for non-housed workers do not enjoy any offset and any deduction breaches NMW pound-for-pound.