sos pls i need help! backdated sdp now on uc

memyheadandaye

hhello I'm new & I'm in need of some advice if anyone knows I'dappreciateany help or advice etc ....so I was on job seekers but was getting the top ups but even though i started to recieve pip enhanced daily living fr9m 2014 i never got the sdp until 2023 i was then moved to uc & given the transitional protection payment aswell as lcwra but they kept giving me what i believed was the wrong amount (less than what i was entitled to) they looked into my claim & said yes they underpaid me but i still didnt feel it was right so asked again they then agreed paid sone more but i still felt it wasnt right 20months later they randomly contacted me via my journal & told me theyd been underpaid me in april 2025 & I recieved what i was owed from when my uc started but what i have a problem with is why didnt i get my sdp from when my pip started? and can i apply for it now? i was on esa when my pip started 2014 then i went onto jsa 2017 but got 2 out of 3 top ups then 2023 they started paying me sdp but only backdated it a few months when i moved address but I'd lived at that adress years before & they never gave it to me then? i dont know why? I kbow ishould have been entitled to it can i appy now? how ? please if anyone knows i feel so ignored & messed around by the dwp ity exhausting x

Kimi87

To qualify for SDP you have to live alone, or be treated as living alone https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/living-with-someone-severe-disability-premium?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20292776561&gbraid=0AAAAADrhH8ETVWPs6mnWgfi0Q62rN-n9J&gclid=Cj0KCQiAm9fLBhCQARIsAJoNOctuDygzl5MiE74r8L7XuG3KPY_-l7qWYbRDsYWyW82aogK5UFTlyrUaAvmnEALw_wcB

Have you consistently lived alone/would count as living alone since 2014, or from a date earlier than 2023?

You might want to get advice from a trained benefits advisor

https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/