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Severe disability premium advise

I recently won an appeal for PIP at a tribunal and will be getting back dated payments from November 2018 when I applied for PIP. I am currently getting income related ESA (Support Group) and was wondering if I am entitled to Severe disability premium as extra money on the ESA I’m getting. Also, will the Severe disability premium be back dated from November 2018 too. Please advise
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Sorry but that's not the correct advice. As Woodbine has advised, any rate of daily living PIP as well as the other qualifying criteria.
Maybe it's a postcode lottery type benefit?
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However, I am a bit disappointed because my PIP award is only for 2 years but with the carry on with failing the assessment and having to wait for an appeal I have only 11 months left on PIP as in November 2020 I will have to reapply for it and be reassessed.
If you live alone and no one claims carers allowance for looking after you then yes you'll qualify for the SDP providing it's income related you're claiming. SDP for a single person is an extra £65.85 per week and not £128. You'll need to ring ESA to claim the SDP and ask for it to be backdated to the start of your PIP award, if the criteria applied at that time.
I phoned the DWP and did the form over the phone to get SDP. The woman told me that I will hear in 10 days whether I am entitled to it. This has got me worried. What if I don’t get it even though I tick all the boxes for being entitled.
You say you live with parents, if this is both parents then they will both need to be claiming a qualifying benefit such as PIP daily living or DLA mid/high rate care for you to qualify. No one must also be claiming carers allowance or carers element of universal credit for looking after you.