Severe disability premium backdated payment

youhave13hours
youhave13hours Community Member Posts: 40 Contributor
edited June 2025 in Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)

Hi,

My husband may be due a large backdated payment for SDP going back to 2014, he's filled in all the relevant forms etc. We are awaiting the decision now, my question is, how will this affect our UC claim with it being over the threshold for savings?

I have tried searching on here for the answer but couldn't find one so sorry if this has been answered before.

Thanks

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,264 Championing

    Hi,

    As this will be over £5000, it will be disregarded for the lifetime of the UC claim.

    You do still need to declare your total savings to UC in the journal. Then put the backpay amount in the 'disregard' section on the next page.

  • youhave13hours
    youhave13hours Community Member Posts: 40 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1037083#Comment_1037083

    Thank you. I know i previously asked a similar question but I got the wrong details kinda. My husband isn't sure of these things and it wasn't til he received the form that we knew specifically what it was. He has had help previously filling in forms from his support worker (this specific claim has been going on for over a year) so he hasn't been sure of all the details. We've not long moved in together and got married so I've been helping him now. We still aren't sure if he will get it. I hope he does as he wants to get some tech to help him become more independent (he is blind) it will help him massively.

    Thanks

  • youhave13hours
    youhave13hours Community Member Posts: 40 Contributor

    Just wondering if anyone knows how long it takes to review this possible backdated claim? They have dragged their feet for 15 months now and we filled in the IS10 forms over the phone 7 weeks ago (one for old address where my husband lived alone he was living alone for 10 years before we got together) and one for his current address with me although we knew he wouldn't get anything as I claim carers allowance for him now.

    They rang today just to tell him about the claim for his current address with me and nothing about the backdated claim and now they say they have forwarded on the information, surely they should have already received it and been reviewing it?

    It's just been a long time waiting for him. They even said on the phone he should have been entitled to it.

    It would be very helpful to him as he would like some items to help himself become more independent.

    Sorry for the long post

  • Jolesley1970
    Jolesley1970 Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/135590/severe-disability-premium-backdated-payment
  • Jolesley1970
    Jolesley1970 Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    Hi, can anyone help and confirm what I need to do next to get transitional payment protection amount and my severe disability premiums that I also lost when moving o to UC on July 2020.

    Thanks guys

  • Jolesley1970
    Jolesley1970 Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,910 Championing
    edited July 17

    Your previous posts indicate you were not receiving any disability premiums before you claimed UC.

    As I & others have advised previously, there are no disability premiums paid with Universal Credit. UC is different to legacy benefits. The list of available components of UC is here:

    https://www.turn2us.org.uk/get-support/information-for-your-situation/additional-elements-of-universal-credit/what-are-the-additional-elements-of-universal-credit

    Transitional Protection is added if your total UC award is lower than legacy benefits at the time of transfer. This erodes over time as other elements go up or new elements are added to your award.

    Not everyone receives Transitional Protection.

    I'd recommend seeing a local welfare rights organisation who have trained benefits advisors. They can look into whether you should have received Transitional Protection when you claimed Universal Credit, or if you did whether the amount was correct.

    https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/

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