Told I was eligible for SDP and backpay. My son's girlfriend has moved in and now I can't claim?

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rea3
rea3 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited August 2021 in Benefits and income
Hello please can you anyone help I have my sons girlfriend living with me she claims universal credit I have health problems and have just been awarded higher pip I got a call to say I’m now entitled to the severe disability premium and am entitled to back pay then they called me back and said I can’t claim as she lives here how is it I can’t claim money I’m entitled to as she stays here 

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,107 Championing
    Hi @rea3 - & welcome to the community. Unfortunately your son's girlfriend now living with you means you are no longer eligible for the SDP, as you normally have to live on your own with no other adults, unless they are claiming a benefit that would mean they would be eligible for the SDP too usually. There are a few other exceptions, & you can look at the following for confirmation. Please see: https://www.gov.uk/disability-premiums/eligibility
  • rea3
    rea3 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    I will check that out thank you so much

  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited August 2021
    You will only be eligible if all the other adult members of your household also receive a disability benefit. I take it that your son does not live with you.

    If your PIP award commencement date is prior to when she moved in and you met the qualifying conditions before she moved in you can still claim a backdated payment from your PIP start date to the date she moved in.
  • rea3
    rea3 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    My son does live with me but he also receives pip for his disability and she moved in before so still won’t get it oh well wrong in so many ways won’t see her out on the streets so yet again my loss our benefits system is keeping disabled people in poverty 
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Online Community Member Posts: 3,119 Connected
    You don’t lose out though. Your not eligible now. You can’t claim what you are not eligible for. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    As you weren’t receiving the SDP then you haven’t missed out on anything. 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    rea3 said:
    My son does live with me ...
    Sorry, I misinterpreted your opening post when you said the girlfriend claims UC as meaning that she claimed it alone and therefore concluded that he wasn’t with you.

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