Severe disability premium

Morglin

Put your details into this - it will tell you if you are entitled to any other beenfits, such as CT rebate/housing benefit:

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

Lin

Two4Tuesday

You may need to ask for and complete form IS10 before you will get the Severe Disability Premium added to your ESA.

joyce341

I had never heard of severe disability premium untill i had to ring esa about my grandsons money,she told me about it,so i told a friend who qualifys on all the things stated,middle to higher rate,no one getting carers and on her own,so phoned up about it and was told that she did,nt qualify as had to be on higher rate and the disability liveing allowance she recieves was to pay for someone to care for her,this was from the esa office,she has just been changed to income based esa,i dont understand as i have searched all over the internet and it clearly states,
middle to higher rate DLA
income based ESA
on your own
no one getting carers for you.

have i got it wrong,have the rules changed and we were not told.

[Deleted User]

[QUOTE=Anubis;53147241]You need to be on higher rate for severe disability premium.

Middle rate for standard disability premium.[/QUOTE]

not true,my mrs and me both get mrc and also sdp,i`ve never heard of standard dp

richard9991

Anubis wrote: »

You need to be on higher rate for severe disability premium.

Middle rate for standard disability premium.

wrong you need to be on middle rate or higher rate care of dla or any rate od AA if in high rate yiu also get the enhanced dis prem

Anubis_2

woodbine wrote: »

not true,my mrs and me both get mrc and also sdp,i`ve never heard of standard dp

You are correct sir, I have deleted my post. That's what 3 days of no sleep does to you

By "standard" I meant the normal disability premium - "the disability premium"

I was thinking enhanced DP instead of SDP which does require HRC.

Folar

The Disability Premium
If you are aged under 60, you may be able to get this premium if any of the following applies:


you receive Disability Living Allowance
you receive Incapacity Benefit - long term rate
you receive Severe Disablement Allowance
you are provided with an invalid vehicle
you receive payments through the invalid vehicle scheme, or war pensioners vehicle scheme
the mobility component of your Disability Living Allowance is being paid directly to Motability Operations
you are registered blind
your partner is receiving any of the above
your partner is receiving Attendance Allowance
You may also get the disability premium if you're incapable of employment (or receiving Statutory Sick Pay) for at least 364 days. Or 196 days if you're terminally ill. Periods of incapacity separated by 56 days or less can be linked together when calculating the qualifying period.

The Severe Disability Premium

Single rate
If you're single, you may get the lower rate premium if you:
live alone
no one gets Carer's Allowance for looking after you
you get the middle or!highest care component of Disability Living Allowance
Couples (higher rate)
If you have a partner, you may get the higher rate premium. You may get this!if no one else lives with you, no one gets!Carer's Allowance for looking after you and!either:
you both get the middle or highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance
you get the middle or highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance and your partner gets Attendance Allowance
Couples (lower rate)
If you have a partner, you may get the lower rate premium if no one else lives with you and either:
you both get the middle or highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance, and Carer's Allowance is!paid for only one of you; or
you get the middle or highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance and your partner gets Attendance Allowance, and Carer's Allowance is paid for only one of you; or
you get the!middle or highest rate of Disability Living Allowance care component!and your partner is registered blind, and no one gets Carer's Allowance!for looking after!you
The Severe Disability Premium can be awarded in addition to other premiums.

The Enhanced Disability Premium

Single rate
If you are single and aged under 60, you may be able to get this premium if!either:
you get the highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance; or
you have a dependent child or children who get(s) the highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance
Couple rate
If you have a partner, you may get the couple rate premium. You may get this!if either of you!get the highest rate care component of!Disability Living Allowance.
The Enhanced Disability Premium can be awarded in addition to other premiums.

Taken from the DirectGov website.

Hope you can read it ok.

HTH