Enhanced disability premium

sparky260500

Hi what is the criteria you need to get Enhanced disability premium part of ESA. Many thanks.

flight747

You won't be getting it until after atos medical assessment (if win score more than 15 points) otherwise you will be on the standard rate of esa £67.50 per week (during assessment phase or awaiting appeal) but if you are on the jsa, you will get it straight away.

nannytone_2

to get the enhanced disability premium you need to be getting high rate care DLA.

Cpt.Scarlet

You need to be receiving Income Related ESA and either DLA HRC or be in the ESA Support Group (obviously the latter doesn't apply at the moment). The premium should be payable even when receiving the assessment rate. See

http://www.cpag.org.uk/cro/wrb/wrb205/calculating_esa.htm

flight747

Cpt.Scarlet wrote: »

http://www.cpag.org.uk/cro/wrb/wrb205/calculating_esa.htm

These are outdated 2008! Today is 2011

sparky260500

so many different answplease ers who's right. surely there is only one right answer so please only comment if you know other wise it leads to confusion

nannytone_2

you need to be on a means tested benefit alongside getting high rate care DLA

Cpt.Scarlet

flight747 wrote: »

These are outdated 2008! Today is 2011

Can you point me to any legislation that has changed how ESA operates with regard the premiums since 2008?

Muttleythefrog

sparky260500 wrote: »

so many different answplease ers who's right. surely there is only one right answer so please only comment if you know other wise it leads to confusion

My understanding is same as Scarlet's. It'd be added to IR ESA if you get DLA HRC or ESA Support Grp. The DWP unfortunately seem to refer to it as the Disability Income Guarantee in a breakdown of my ESA payments... just to make it even more complicated for disabled people.

sparky260500

Muttleythefrog wrote: »

My understanding is same as Scarlet's. It'd be added to IR ESA if you get DLA HRC or ESA Support Grp. The DWP unfortunately seem to refer to it as the Disability Income Guarantee in a breakdown of my ESA payments... just to make it even more complicated for disabled people.

good old muttley i new you would have the answer so would i now get it I've just been hopefully put in the support group of ESA but only get the middle rate care of dla.

Muttleythefrog

sparky260500 wrote: »

good old muttley i new you would have the answer so would i now get it I've just been hopefully put in the support group of ESA but only get the middle rate care of dla.

Hmm should do as long as IR ESA (or underlying entitlement to IR). They'll automatically add it if they regard you as eligible for it.