Can anyone help please?

Madeleine2

My son been on the higher rate of DLA for many years due to the conditions he was born with. At age 16 he was awarded IB. His IB is made up of:-

Basic Rate £99.15
Incapacity Age Addition £11.70

I know he is not entitled to the Severe Disability Premium as I am in receipt of Carers Allowance, but should he be getting the Disability Premium?

If he is entitled to the Disability Premium should that have been added to his IB automatically or should I have claimed for the Disability Premium in its own right? I didn't know about the additional premium until last week.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Many thanks

Madeleine

Anubis_2

It should be automatic but only if on long term rate.

Disability premium

Disability premium will be included in your applicable amount if you and your partner are aged less than 60 and: [HB sch 3 (12) &(13) CTB sch 1(12)&(13)]

either of you is registered blind
or either of you gets one of the qualifying benefits listed below
or has been off sick for 52 weeks or more.
In this last case it must be the person who is claiming the HB/CTB who is off sick.

Qualifying benefits

You will get the disability premium if you or your partner get any of the following benefits:

Disability Living Allowance
or Disabled Person’s Tax Credit
or Attendance Allowance
or Constant Attendance Allowance
or payment through the Invalid Vehicle Scheme
or war pensioners’ mobility supplement
or Severe Disablement Allowance
or Incapacity Benefit – long term rate or short term higher rate paid at the long term rate.
These are known as qualifying benefits because they qualify you for the disability premium.

If you do not get a qualifying benefit, you may still get the disability premium if the 52 week rule applies. This is when you have been sick and incapable for work for 52 weeks. You will need to submit or have submitted medical evidence in support of claims for Statutory Sick Pay and/or Incapacity Benefit to the Benefits Agency for the previous 52 weeks. Claim forms for Incapacity Benefit are available from your local council.
http://dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-guides/technical-guidance/rr2-a-guide-to-housing-benefit/working-it-out/applicable-amounts/#aa22

mealone

Madeleine2 wrote: »

My son been on the higher rate of DLA for many years due to the conditions he was born with. At age 16 he was awarded IB. His IB is made up of:-

Basic Rate £99.15
Incapacity Age Addition £11.70

I know he is not entitled to the Severe Disability Premium as I am in receipt of Carers Allowance, but should he be getting the Disability Premium?

If he is entitled to the Disability Premium should that have been added to his IB automatically or should I have claimed for the Disability Premium in its own right? I didn't know about the additional premium until last week.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Many thanks

Madeleine

No, you dont get premiums on IB or any other contributions based sickness benefit and IB in youth is classed as contributions based.

Anubis_2

mealone wrote: »

No, you dont get premiums on IB or any other contributions based sickness benefit and IB in youth is classed as contributions based.

All IB is contributions based, there is no such thing as income related IB. The disability premium should be paid if its long term rate as stated on the Gov website.

Madeleine2

Thank you all so very much for your kind responses. Perhaps I wasn't making myself clear. I wasn't enquiring about myself. I was asking for my son.

Am I correct in assuming that because he has never worked that he is not entitled to the Disability Premium? Thank you all once again.

Madeleine

Anubis_2

Madeleine I would ring the BEL up and ask - they specifically deal with benefits for disabled people, and they will know http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/dl1/directories/dg_10011165

mynameistallulah

Anubis wrote: »

All IB is contributions based, there is no such thing as income related IB. The disability premium should be paid if its long term rate as stated on the Gov website.

Wrong - the DP applies to means tested benefits, which in this case would be an assessment for Income Support. Due to the rate of IB that the OP receives their eligible IS amount (including the DP) would be lower, and so nothing would be payable.

OP, the only way that the DP would apply to you is if your son claims HB - this should be part of the calculation.

Madeleine2

Once again a big thank you to all of you that have tried to help me. I have had to edit this post because I was mis-informed and posted wrong information. My son does not qualify for the Disability Premium as he is not on receipt of any form of Income Support. My apologies for that.

Madeleine

mynameistallulah

No need to apologise Madeleine, you simply asked a question - it was not you that gave the wrong information.