Moving to a New Area on UC & PIP

HanaKatt

Hi everyone,
I’m just looking for some advice for how I start the process of moving to a new area on my disability benefits. I have no idea where to start!?

Long story short, I looking at moving in with my boyfriend who lives in a different part of the country to me. I’m currently still residing with my parents and receive UC and PIP. I’m too ill to work and my Mum and a carer look after me most of the time. However my amazing partner wants me to move in with him 200 miles away, even with all the hurdles we face.

I don’t receive any housing benefit or anything like that, it’s standard daily activities and enhanced mobility on PIP and no capacity to work on UC. So currently everything is quite straight forward. But I know everything will change dramatically if I move in with him.

The fact is I don’t even know where to start, who to call or inform to get the ball rolling.
Please can someone give me an idea as to where to start?!

Thank you so much

Hana

calcotti

Your PIP is not affected. You would simply need to inform PIP of your change of address.

For UC you would have to convert your claim to a joint claim. You would report to UC that you are living with a partner, you will be issued a linking code. He would then need to apply for UC himself using the linking code. Whether or not there is any ongoing UC entitlement will be calculated based on your joint finances.

Does your boyfriend work or claim benefits (or both)?
Does your UC include the LCWRA element?
Does your PIP include the Daily Living component?

HanaKatt

Thank you so much for this info, it’s a minefield! 

So my partner works full time and owns his own house, and my UC does include LCWRA and PIP is standard daily living but enhanced mobility.

Its so sad that all I want to do is move in with him and we have to jump through so many hoops to live a normal life. Thank you for this, it gives me a good grounding at where to start.

calcotti

HanaKatt said:
So my partner works full time and owns his own house, and my UC does include LCWRA and PIP is standard daily living but enhanced mobility.

So your joint UC entitlement would be
Couple allowance £509.91
LCWRA element £343.63
carer element (he can claim this for looking after you because you get Daily Living PIP) £163.73
Maximum UC amount £1,017.27

Because you have LCWRA the first £557 of your partner's earnings will be ignored. The amount of UC payable will be reduced by 55% of anything he earns in excess of £557.

This means that if he earns more than £2,406.58/month there will be no UC payable.

HanaKatt

Wow, thank you so much for this information! This is honestly extremely helpful and will really aid us in working out affordability etc. 

Thank you 

calcotti

Just to be clear - I interpreted your 'no capacity to work on UC' as meaning you already get the LCWRA element in your UC which is why I included it in my calculation.

To get carer element he would declare that he spends 35 hours/week looking after you as part of his UC claim.

ddd58

Please can someone advise me I am receiving income related ESA support group,I would like to move to another borough I understand I would need to claim universal credit,would all my benefits stop and would I have to have another medical assessment , my last assignment was last October and I was put in support group for 3 years ,I just can't face having to go through another assessment so soon after my last one

poppy123456

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/885577#Comment_885577

This thread is 2 years old and it would have been better to start your own thread.

You would only need to claim UC if you need to claim for help with the rent. This is because you can’t start a new claim for housing benefit.

If you need to claim UC then you will be entitled to the LCWRA element from the start of your claim and you won’t need another assessment.

Support Group/LCWRA has no end date because it’s an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise.