Have other careers lost their disability premium paid with income support?

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  • russ7
    russ7 Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    Even with my own health problems & being a carer I'd have no chance of getting PIP or DLA 
    I made it clear I receive income support & carers allowance, my issue is the fact that I was purposely mislead by the DWP being told in 2013 that i.s was ending & that I was first told I would continue to get the disability premium then three months later was told it wasn't payable with i.s 
  • russ7
    russ7 Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    The person I care for is registered blind we have no support whatsoever,I've tried contacting social services to ask how to obtain his certificate of visual impairment.. apparently they have no knowledge of him so cannot help... where do we go from there ? The fact that I'm his carer & save social services a fortune isn't a surprise they leave me to it ! The whole system is a disgrace 
  • russ7
    russ7 Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    So I'd be a unpaid carer ..that sounds right 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    russ7 said:
    Even with my own health problems & being a carer I'd have no chance of getting PIP or DLA 
    I made it clear I receive income support & carers allowance, my issue is the fact that I was purposely mislead by the DWP being told in 2013 that i.s was ending & that I was first told I would continue to get the disability premium then three months later was told it wasn't payable with i.s 
    You didn’t make it clear that you don’t claim PIP or DLA. 

    Just because you’re a carer it doesn’t mean you can’t claim PIP. Lots of people care for others while claiming PIP their self, myself included. Providing your caring duties don’t contradict the reasons you’re claiming PIP. 

  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited February 2023
    russ7 said:
    Even with my own health problems & being a carer I'd have no chance of getting PIP or DLA 
    Have you either taken advice or looking at the requirements for PIP yourself?
    https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-points-system
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    russ7 said:
    So I'd be a unpaid carer ..that sounds right 
    You can still claim carers element if you claimed UC but if you go through the work capability assessment and are found to have LCWRA then it’s the law that the same person can’t receive both elements at the same time. 

    Your carers allowance would be deducted in full from any UC entitlement, the same as it is from your IS. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    LCWRA element in UC, if applicable, is worth more than the carer element.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    If you started a claim for PIP and were successfully awarded at least daily living then you would be entitled to the disability and severe disability premium for your IS. 

    If you claimed UC the disability premiums do not exist. Therefore if you think you can score enough points needed for a daily living award of PIP then you would be better off not claiming UC. 

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