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Disability Cost of Living Payment

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Adrian_Scope
Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,110 Scope online community team
edited September 2022 in Cost of living

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.

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  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,983 Disability Gamechanger
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    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  :)
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  • Baseman
    Baseman Community member Posts: 4 Connected
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    Has anyone received the payment yet?
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  • bg844
    bg844 Community member Posts: 3,887 Disability Gamechanger
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    @Baseman no and there is many members asking this. It should hopefully be with you by the end of September.
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  • racyguy
    racyguy Community member Posts: 560 Pioneering
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    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?

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
    edited September 2022
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    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.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 174 Listener
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    You can spend it on what you want. The purpose is for "cost of living" but than can mean anything. 
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  • racyguy
    racyguy Community member Posts: 560 Pioneering
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    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. 
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  • hass
    hass Community member Posts: 194 Courageous
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    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 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,102 Disability Gamechanger
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    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 would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,102 Disability Gamechanger
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    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"
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • hass
    hass Community member Posts: 194 Courageous
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    Thank you 
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  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,801 Disability Gamechanger
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    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. 
    mine is going on wine, women, tobacco in no pariticular order, the rest I will fritter away, as I do with all my benefits, sorry to be flippant, but no one living on benefits ever gets enough to lead the high life !
    2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡

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  • hass
    hass Community member Posts: 194 Courageous
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    I like that   why not 
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 174 Listener
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    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.
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  • CharlieRose256
    CharlieRose256 Community member Posts: 68 Courageous
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    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.
    They/them/she/her pronouns please.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,102 Disability Gamechanger
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    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.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • Jamanga
    Jamanga Community member Posts: 3 Listener
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    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"? 
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  • joyclyn
    joyclyn Community member Posts: 73 Courageous
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    bg844 said:
    @Baseman no and there is many members asking this. It should hopefully be with you by the end of September.

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  • joyclyn
    joyclyn Community member Posts: 73 Courageous
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    i just posted my quer but today i got letter to go postoffice from city council energy support pYment 168  is this it thanks
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  • bg844
    bg844 Community member Posts: 3,887 Disability Gamechanger
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    @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.
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