Am I entitled to Severe Disability Premium?
Wandering1993
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Hi! I am a bit confused - I am on both ESA (income-related; support group) & on PIP daily living component (standard rate). I also receive Housing Benefit. I've read recently about severe disability premium and it seems I am entitled to it according to the GOV website but I do not receive a payment for SDP directly to me. Does the severe disability premium get added to housing benefit as I see something on my housing benefit referring to severe disability premium but not sure what it means.
Thanks in advance
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SDP is paid with your ESA if you live alone or classed as living alone, if you live with other adults they must also be claiming a qualifying disability benefit. No one must also be claiming either carers allowance or carers element of Universal Credit for looking after you.
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Thanks Poppy. Just to clarify, the SDP accounted for when calculating housing benefit is separate from the SDP which will be added to ESA? I found the information on the GOV website very confusing. I live on my own and no one is claiming carers allowance for me and I am not for anyone else.
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It's included in the calculation, you don't actually receive it like you do with ESA. Is it included with your ESA amount?
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The SDP is included in the HB but calculation but the amount of HB you get will not change because you get maximum HB anyway simply due to being on income based ESA.
How much ESA do you get?0 -
Thanks again @poppy123456 and @calcotti.
In response to both of your messages, I'm not sure if it is included in my ESA but I don't think so. I get a payment of £270.70 every two weeks.0 -
Wandering1993 said:. I get a payment of £270.70 every two weeks.
That doesn't have the SDP included. You need to ring ESA to ask to fill out the IS10 form to claim the SDP. It can be backdated to when you became entitled to it. It's £69.40/week (from April 2022, less in previous years)
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Thanks @poppy123456, I will give them a call. You've been really helpful.1
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Just to check - nobody claims Carer’s Allowance or the carer element of UC for looking after you.0
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@calcotti yes, that is correct nobody claims carer's allowance/ carer element of UC for looking after me0
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It can be paid from when you became entitled to it. Whether you were entitled to it before 2018 will depend on your circumstances during that time.
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My circumstances haven't changed but I guess I'll have to wait until the final decision has been made and query it then. Thanks.0
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How are you feeling about things at the moment @Wandering1993? You have done so well reaching out for support here0
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Hi all, a little update I have received a letter saying there has been a change made to my ESA rate and it now includes SDP however it doesn't say anything about back pay. Should I expect a different letter or should I ring them?0
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Wandering1993 said:Hi all, a little update I have received a letter saying there has been a change made to my ESA rate and it now includes SDP however it doesn't say anything about back pay. Should I expect a different letter or should I ring them?0
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You will need to ring ESA to ask because they are the only ones that can tell you what’s happening.0
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Ah ok. I wasn't sure if a decision letter often came before the letter about backdated payments as I didn't want to wait in a long queue to talk to them if I didn't have to.
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Usually any money owed is received in your bank before the decision letter.0
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