dla rates from april

koiboy

been looking at the benefit rates from this april
http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-1830/ScheduleofproposedbenefitratesfromApril2013.pdf
DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE
Care Component
Highest
79.15
Middle
53.00
Lowest
21.00
Mobility Component
Higher
55.25
Lower
21.00
I am on the lower rate mobility & care i worked it out that from april i will get £42 per week 5 weeks in a month = £210 is this correct???

SandraScarlett

koiboy wrote: »

been looking at the benefit rates from this april
http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-1830/ScheduleofproposedbenefitratesfromApril2013.pdf
DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE
Care Component
Highest
79.15
Middle
53.00
Lowest
21.00
Mobility Component
Higher
55.25
Lower
21.00
I am on the lower rate mobility & care i worked it out that from april i will get £42 per week 5 weeks in a month = £210 is this correct???

Hi, DLA is paid every four weeks, so you'll get £168 every month, and then once a year, you'll have a payment at the beginning and the end of the month, so £336 in total. HTH

xx

Richie-from-the-Boro

They are only proposed, not yet official, but you are calculating it wrong, it should be:

21x2=42x52=2184÷12=£182 per month not £210

SandraScarlett

For as long as I can remember DLA has always been paid 4-weekly. Is it changing?

xx

HB58

SandraScarlett wrote: »

For as long as I can remember DLA has always been paid 4-weekly. Is it changing?

xx

No, not as far as I know

SandraScarlett

HB58 wrote: »

No, not as far as I know

Thanks, I saw Richie's reply about dividing the annual amount by 12, and thought something else was changing!

xx

Richie-from-the-Boro

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Thanks, I saw Richie's reply about dividing the annual amount by 12, and thought something else was changing!

xx

HiYa SandraScarlett,

As far as I'm aware that's the proper way to calc. Most people will say £42x4weeks=one month, as you can see its £28[-] per month difference on the O/P's calc.

People over the years have argued it different ways, ie, is a month 31 or 28 days etc. The fact of the matter is there are 4 months in 2013 where there are 5 Fridays March / May / August and November.

Most bureaucratic systems will reduce to a common denominator for example if :

- council tax was calendar, and ;
- rent is 4 weekly, and ;
- wages are monthly, and ;
- leccy bill is quarterly

My way is easier because they all can be multiplied or reduced by the common denominator of 52 or 12 regardless of how many Fridays there are in a month. Take care !

NAR

SandraScarlett you are 100% correct in post #2; DLA has ALWAYS been paid 4 weekly.

SandraScarlett

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

HiYa SandraScarlett,

As far as I'm aware that's the proper way to calc. Most people will say £42x4weeks=one month, as you can see its £28[-] per month difference on the O/P's calc.

People over the years have argued it different ways, ie, is a month 31 or 28 days etc. The fact of the matter is there are 4 months in 2013 where there are 5 Fridays March / May / August and November.

Most bureaucratic systems will reduce to a common denominator for example if :

- council tax was calendar, and ;
- rent is 4 weekly, and ;
- wages are monthly, and ;
- leccy bill is quarterly

My way is easier because they all can be multiplied or reduced by the common denominator of 52 or 12 regardless of how many Fridays there are in a month. Take care !

Hi, yes I can see your reason for calculating the way you do, but the OP assumed there are 5 weeks in each month and was basing his expected income on that figure.

It's all very confusing if you're not 100% comfortable with figures. One of my neighbours insisted she paid nearly £500 more in Council Tax and Water Rates than I do, even though we live in identical bungalows. As I explained, we pay these for 10 months every year, not 12 so she now feels quite rich! :j

xx

kendalls_cave

NAR wrote: »

SandraScarlett you are 100% correct in post #2; DLA has ALWAYS been paid 4 weekly.

I get my DLA weekly, always have

Horseunderwater

The easiest way to work out benefit totals for the year is to multiply it by 52 then either divide that by 13 to give the 4 weekly amount or 12 to give a monthly amount. Most people are paid DLA 4 weekly - but some have had the option to have it weekly. Not sure if the form I completed way back last year had that on it. Might have done. Memory not what it was. Therefore if OP will be getting £42 / week next year his yearly total = £2,184.00 - so 4 weekly = £168 and monthly would be £ 182 - but that cannot happen as DLA is either weekly or 4 weekly. Hope that makes sense.