£1200 Payment

tcellmutation
tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
edited August 2022 in Benefits and income
Just watched “Tonight” program on ITV1 about hidden disabilities. At the end of the program the narrator says “In addition to the £1200 there will be a £150 top-up for disabled people. I’m not sure she’s correct as I think the £150 is included in the £1200.

£326 (received)
£324 (Autumn)
£150 (September) *disability payment*
£400 (October) *energy credit)

= £1200

Am I correct or is she correct in what she said?

Thanks


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  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment

    Disability Cost of Living Payment

    You may get a lump sum payment of £150 if you’re getting any of the following:

    • 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

    Eligibility

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

    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.

    If you receive a Disability Cost of Living Payment, but we later find that you were not eligible for it, you may have to pay it back.

    When you’ll get paid

    You’ll get the payment from September 2022. Payments will be made to people who get a qualifying disability from DWP before payments to people who get a qualifying benefit from the Ministry of Defence.


  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    leeCal said:

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment

    Disability Cost of Living Payment

    You may get a lump sum payment of £150 if you’re getting any of the following:

    • 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

    Eligibility

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

    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.

    If you receive a Disability Cost of Living Payment, but we later find that you were not eligible for it, you may have to pay it back.

    When you’ll get paid

    You’ll get the payment from September 2022. Payments will be made to people who get a qualifying disability from DWP before payments to people who get a qualifying benefit from the Ministry of Defence.


    Cool. So is she correct or am I correct?
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited August 2022
    She is correct. 🙂 but your sum is correct too, you’ve included the £150 disability payment in your £1200.
  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    leeCal said:
    She is correct. 🙂
    So there are 2 payments of £150?
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    No, only one, you’ve included the £150 in your sum making £1200 altogether.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    tcellmutation said:
    leeCal said:
    She is correct. 🙂
    So there are 2 payments of £150?
    No, there’s 1 payment which is in September.
  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    leeCal said:
    No, only one, you’ve included the £150 in your sum making £1200 altogether.
    So she’s wrong then as she said (as I wrote in my initial question) that there will be a payment of £1200 PLUS *an additional* payment of £150
  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    woodbine said:
    tcellmutation said:
    leeCal said:
    She is correct. 🙂
    So there are 2 payments of £150?
    yes one disability payment yet to come and one paid earlier by the council.
    Oh yes! Sorry, forgot about the £150 council payment. 

    Sorry all
  • tcellmutation
    tcellmutation Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    woodbine said:
    tcellmutation said:
    leeCal said:
    She is correct. 🙂
    So there are 2 payments of £150?
    yes one disability payment yet to come and one paid earlier by the council.
    Oh yes! Sorry, forgot about the £150 council payment. 

    Sorry all. 

    I get it now 

    Thanks
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    Glad we were able to help make it clearer @tcellmutation. Good luck with everything. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything to support you. We are all here for you  :)

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