Disability Cost of Living Payment

Adrian_Scope

The £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment is due from next week and those eligible can expect to be paid between 20 September and beginning of October 2022. 

Eligibility

You must have received a payment (or later receive a payment) of one of these qualifying benefits for 25 May 2022:

• Attendance Allowance
• Constant Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance for adults
• Disability Living Allowance for children
• Personal Independence Payment
• Adult Disability Payment (in Scotland)
• Child Disability Payment (in Scotland)
• Armed Forces Independence Payment
• War Pension Mobility Supplement

Note: If you get a qualifying disability benefit from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and a qualifying disability benefit from DWP, you will get a Disability Cost of Living Payment from DWP only.

L_Volunteer

You are welcome @Teddybear12. It is the very least you deserve. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything else to support you further. We are all here for you 

Baseman

Has anyone received the payment yet?

bg844

@Baseman no and there is many members asking this. It should hopefully be with you by the end of September.

racyguy

I have Enhanced Care & Mobility PIP and my wife has the day and night award AA.
Presumably we will each get £150?
The question I ask is what is the government expecting us to do with it? What parameters have they laid down on how it must be spent?

calcotti

racyguy said:

I have Enhanced Care & Mobility PIP and my wife has the day and night award AA.
Presumably we will each get £150?
The question I ask is what is the government expecting us to do with it? What parameters have they laid down on how it must be spent?

You will both get the payment.
As with all benefits there are no restrictions on what you spend the money on.

[Deleted User]

You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 

racyguy

KerryBemmy said:

You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

hass

Hi  all 
I rang pip today  it was a pre recorded message  saying  please   keep checking  your bank accounts for payment.
Does anyone  know    when the second cost of living payment  is due .
Thank you in advance 

poppy123456

racyguy said:

KerryBemmy said:

You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

Regardless of what a claimant spends it on, it's their money they can do whatever they want with it. Mine is going towards my holiday next year.

poppy123456

hass said:

Hi  all 

Does anyone  know    when the second cost of living payment  is due .
Thank you in advance 

There's been no further information other than "in the Autumn"

hass

Thank you 

hass

I like that   why not 

[Deleted User]

poppy123456 said:

racyguy said:

KerryBemmy said:

You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

Regardless of what a claimant spends it on, it's their money they can do whatever they want with it. Mine is going towards my holiday next year.

I'm buying a couple goldfish for my fish tank. And the rest will probably pay off debts. I would love to go abroad on holiday but don't have a passport.

CharlieRose256

Personally mine will be going into my saving, but even that’s to get a dog eventually, so not exactly relevant! Life’s to short to be worrying about what other people think regarding money.

poppy123456

KerryBemmy said:

poppy123456 said:

racyguy said:

KerryBemmy said:

You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

Regardless of what a claimant spends it on, it's their money they can do whatever they want with it. Mine is going towards my holiday next year.

I'm buying a couple goldfish for my fish tank. And the rest will probably pay off debts. I would love to go abroad on holiday but don't have a passport.

I would love to have a fish tank but have no space for one, sadly. It's been a few years since i had a holiday so i'm really looking forward to mine but it's not for 11 months lol.

Jamanga

racyguy said:

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

What would be deemed "irrelevant"? 

joyclyn

bg844 said:

@Baseman no and there is many members asking this. It should hopefully be with you by the end of September.

joyclyn

i just posted my quer but today i got letter to go postoffice from city council energy support pYment 168  is this it thanks

bg844

@joyclyn No. This will be a separate scheme, the £150 disability payment goes in to your usual account and hopefully should be with you next week.

poppy123456

Jamanga said:

racyguy said:

Thanks I was just wondering. Leaving it open like that I would imagine that some will spend it on irrelevant items then complain that they still need more. 

What would be deemed "irrelevant"? 

You should ignore the "irrelevant" comment above because there's no questions asked about what a person spends their money on. This includes all the cost of living payments.