severe disability premium

allan1971

just inquiring  has any one heard about the timescale for when those who lost the severe disability premium when having to move on to universal credit because of change of circumstance when they will be paying back the money lost

Chloe_Scope

Hi @allan1971 and a warm welcome to the community! I hope you are able to get some answers regarding this!
If there is anything I can do then please do not hesitate to be in touch!

Liam_Alumni

Hi @BenefitsTrainingCo do you have any information about this?

poppy123456

allan1971 said:

just inquiring  has any one heard about the timescale for when those who lost the severe disability premium when having to move on to universal credit because of change of circumstance when they will be paying back the money lost

I don't believe that there's been any further news regarding this as yet.

debbiedo49

This makes me so mad, why should people suffer from benefit changes? Is this not discrimination? I keep my nose out of the media, but tell me why is the govt getting away with this discrimination in disability benefits. There’s no excuse for delaying sdp if you already get it or are awarded it. Just my opinion. Where’s all the disability rights groups fighting against this? Please signpost me!

BenefitsTrainingCo

allan1971,

No date yet, but the consultation runs until 20th August and I think the DWP will then need to change the draft regulations, so I wouldn't expect to see anything until October - and even then the DWP will have to identify people who have lost out which may take time.

Please do contact your MP about this and explain how you've lost out and the distress caused by the delay.

debbiedo49 - loads of organisations are pressing the government to act and to act more quickly. Eg CPAG is still pressing ahead with a test case because the compensation as announced so far isn't good enough.

Anyone who wants to can also respond to the consultation - the more claimants who respond the better!

Will

allan1971

Thanks for the update Will 

mikehughescq

Here you go. A few examples.

http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/universal-credit-disability-and-transitional-protection

http://www.nawra.org.uk/wordpress/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Report-for-Work-and-Pensions-Committee-UC-and-disability-July-2018.pdf

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/global/migrated_documents/corporate/holes-in-the-safety-net-sdp-report.pdf

There’s a noticeable lack of action from those charities purporting to retire debt disabled people. In part that’s because many fear losing funding.

Waylay

At this point, I only trust charities led by disabled people, @mikehughescq

mikehughescq

How would you tell?

Waylay

@mikehughescq I googled a bunch of them.

mikehughescq

Did you find any where they’re not?