DLA, IB and housing benefit

skint_kezza

dmg24 wrote: »

Do you have savings, and does someone claim Carers Allowance for you? Do you not claim IS?

no savings whatsoever.
No one gets carers allowance for me, as i don't want a carer coming into my home, and my family just do what they can when i need it.

I don't claim IS as i doubt i'd qualify when im on IB and DLA.

dmg24

How much do you receive from IB (not including DLA), and how old are you? It looks like (once your DLA is back in place) you should be claiming IS as well as IB.

skint_kezza

dmg24 wrote: »

How much do you receive from IB (not including DLA), and how old are you? It looks like (once your DLA is back in place) you should be claiming IS as well as IB.

£212 a fortnight. I'm 32.

I didn't know you could claim IS as well as disability benefits.

dmg24

Assuming you go back onto the same rate of DLA, you can claim IS as well as IB. You should get approximately £50 a week extra, as well as additional premiums on your HB allowance.

Unfortunately it is unlikely you will be able to get this amount backdated, unless you were misadvised as to your entitlement by the JCP.

skint_kezza

dmg24 wrote: »

Assuming you go back onto the same rate of DLA, you can claim IS as well as IB. You should get approximately £50 a week extra, as well as additional premiums on your HB allowance.

Unfortunately it is unlikely you will be able to get this amount backdated, unless you were misadvised as to your entitlement by the JCP.

really? I'm completely shocked. I will apply and see what happens. £50 extra a week would mean i could afford to buy food every week!
Thank you for letting me know that.

dmg24

skint_kezza wrote: »

really? I'm completely shocked. I will apply and see what happens. £50 extra a week would mean i could afford to buy food every week!
Thank you for letting me know that.

Yep, the IS premiums for DLA MRC and HRC are quite high. Apply for IS now, and let them know that you are awaiting for DLA renewal. They may give you a nil award now, but then once your DLA is confirmed (and backdated) they will reassess your award.

Let us know how you get on.

skint_kezza

Thank you so much dmg24. If i do qualify it would make such a difference to my life. Why on earth do they not tell you about this?

sunnyone

skint_kezza wrote: »

Thank you so much dmg24. If i do qualify it would make such a difference to my life. Why on earth do they not tell you about this?

They do, it is one of the pages that you havnt read that came with your award notice.

skint_kezza

sunnyone wrote: »

They do, it is one of the pages that you havnt read that came with your award notice.

never seen that. I will look when they finally send my DLA decision.

dmg24

skint_kezza wrote: »

never seen that. I will look when they finally send my DLA decision.

They definitely tell you on new awards, but whether they did eight years ago I couldn't say. Unfortunately the onus is on the claimant to check their entitlement, even though it would make sense for such an award to automatically trigger an IS application pack to be sent the the claimant.