Severe disability premium backdated payment

youhave13hours
youhave13hours Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
edited June 16 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Hi,

My husband may be due a large backdated payment for SDP going back to 2014, he's filled in all the relevant forms etc. We are awaiting the decision now, my question is, how will this affect our UC claim with it being over the threshold for savings?

I have tried searching on here for the answer but couldn't find one so sorry if this has been answered before.

Thanks

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,588 Championing

    Hi,

    As this will be over £5000, it will be disregarded for the lifetime of the UC claim.

    You do still need to declare your total savings to UC in the journal. Then put the backpay amount in the 'disregard' section on the next page.

  • youhave13hours
    youhave13hours Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1037083#Comment_1037083

    Thank you. I know i previously asked a similar question but I got the wrong details kinda. My husband isn't sure of these things and it wasn't til he received the form that we knew specifically what it was. He has had help previously filling in forms from his support worker (this specific claim has been going on for over a year) so he hasn't been sure of all the details. We've not long moved in together and got married so I've been helping him now. We still aren't sure if he will get it. I hope he does as he wants to get some tech to help him become more independent (he is blind) it will help him massively.

    Thanks

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