Benefits Calculator

SJM2023
SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected
in Benefits and income

I was recently awarded LCWRA so i thought i would revisit the main benefits calculator which a lot of different disability websites seem to use the same one as on the entitledto site.

I'm pretty much sure what and how much I'll be awarded anyway (UC standard, housing component, LCWRA + PIP + council tax discount)

My question is, why does the benefits calculator not output PIP in the results of benefits i quality for even though i entered the amount in the calculator as required.
The results are always just UC and council tax benefit (or whatever they actually call that) and a recommendation of what other benefits/ help may be available, including PIP!

Why does that happen?

I've seen a few posts including on here with people asking the same question, but nobody has answered that specific question.

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  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 1,671 Championing

    pip is not a means tested benefit so it is not included with all the others that are

  • SJM2023
    SJM2023 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Connected

    Thanks for the explanation and i suppose it makes sense, but it seems odd to me that they ask you to enter your pip amount of daily living standard, then omit that in the result then recommended it again!

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,462 Championing

    The reason it asks you what disability benefits you're claiming is because for the old legacy benefits a disability benefit award may entitle you to some disability premiums. When claiming UC the disability premiums do not exist so when you enter UC it recognises there's no entitlement to them.

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