how much dose the law say is the ammount i need to live on?

xxxbooxxx

i am 25 on medium care and low mobility dla and on long term sick on incapacity benefit i get 100 pound a week... i had a call from the crisis loan people who i had made a claim to who said he had looked at all my money and i should be also getting income support and should of been from 2 years ago which is when i first went onto incapacity benefit...dose anyone no anyother info on this? i am 25 single and live on my own with no carrers x

cifpower

I am on exactly the same benefits as you. I get long term IB, MRC and LRM DLA.

IB should total £105.45 a week

As you receive DLA, live alone and have no carers you get two disability premiums which topup your Income Support allowance. IS would total £144.65 a week. But as you get IB the two totals are subtracted and you should be getting £39.20 a week Income Support as a top up.

Hope I have made it clear!

xxxbooxxx

oh really that means ive been under paid 4 grand! bet there not gonig to hand that over easily x

Oldernotwiser

xxxbooxxx wrote: »

oh really that means ive been under paid 4 grand! bet there not gonig to hand that over easily x

Did you ever claim for income support and, if so, what happened at the time?

xxxbooxxx

no i never did no one told me 2

BenefitMaster

You need to make a claim now, and ask for a backdate for the full period. I would seriously suggest you seek legal advice on this one, as the DWP would have had a duty to tell you to claim Income Support for the top-up. You may also be entitled to backdated council and housing benefit, and if this is due to a failure by the DWP, you would be entitled to the full period back on this.

Find a solicitor today.

xxxbooxxx

funny you should say that i got 2 grand at begining of the year coz ohusing benefit was underpaying me i presumed it was underpaying me coz of my dla maybe it was because of this but they didnt mention...

alwaysonthego_2

BenefitMaster wrote: »

You need to make a claim now, and ask for a backdate for the full period. I would seriously suggest you seek legal advice on this one, as the DWP would have had a duty to tell you to claim Income Support for the top-up. You may also be entitled to backdated council and housing benefit, and if this is due to a failure by the DWP, you would be entitled to the full period back on this.

Find a solicitor today.

Though he would have to prove he was given the wrong advise.

xxxbooxxx

how would i do that hun?

Oldernotwiser

xxxbooxxx wrote: »

how would i do that hun?

Well, were you given the wrong advice or did you simply not apply for it? The two situations are quite different.

xxxbooxxx

wrong advice as i rang up told them the situation and they should of made a claim for me for both not just incap so the man said to me