Backdated Severe Disability Allowance

Nish

Hi everybody, looking for some information about getting large backdated severe disability Allowance been told the money will be written off.  Had anyone had similar experience.  Thanks

poppy123456

Hi,

Do you mean the Severe Disability Premium? What do you mean by "written off"? If you've recently claimed the SDP it will be backdated to the date you qualified for it.

Alex_Alumni

Hi @Nish thanks for joining the community. Has poppy's reply helped answer your question? To help our members find your post, I've moved it to our 'Benefits and financial support' category and changed the title slightly.

Let us know if you have any further questions

Alex

calcotti

If you mean the arrears of SDP will be used to pay off debts you have with DWP then they can do that.

Nish

Thanks Calcotti.