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Disability Income Guarantee?

earthbound_misfit
earthbound_misfit Posts: 460 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
I've just received a letter from the DWP that has confused me a little.
I'm currently claiming ESA support group.
The letter is one of those "changes to social security benefits" ones, laying out what rates I will be on after 9th April.
However at the end it shows these amounts as:
Your living expenses: £72.40 (presumbly basic element of ESA)
Extra money because of the Disability Income Guarantee: £15.55
Extra money because you are in the Support Group: £35.75

It is the Disability Income Guarantee that is new. I received something similar previously when I also got DLA but thought it was an add-on because of the DLA (weird how all-or-nothing sickness benefits are/ have become...)
Anyone know what it's all about? DWP page just takes me to Income Support Premiums...

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  • HOWMUCH
    HOWMUCH Posts: 1,296 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Are you receiving contribution ESA or income ESA
    Why pay full price when you may get it YS ;)
  • Morglin
    Morglin Posts: 15,922 Forumite
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    I would think Income based, as this doesn'tusually appear on Cont based, that is only the basic, plus the top up for support group.

    Lin :)
    You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands..........for instance, if they are placed around your throat, she's probably slightly upset. ;)
  • richard9991
    richard9991 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    edited 10 February 2014 at 2:51PM
    Morglin wrote: »
    I would think Income based, as this doesn'tusually appear on Cont based, that is only the basic, plus the top up for support group.

    Lin :)
    the disability income guarantee is paid if you get high care with DLA or are in support group for ESA IR Also called enhanced disability premium
  • Morglin
    Morglin Posts: 15,922 Forumite
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    Yeah, but I am in receipt of contributory ESA Support group, and high rate DLA (both), and all I get is the basic and the extra for being in SG.

    I do not get income guarantee.

    Lin :)
    You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands..........for instance, if they are placed around your throat, she's probably slightly upset. ;)
  • richard9991
    richard9991 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    Morglin wrote: »
    Yeah, but I am in receipt of contributory ESA Support group, and high rate DLA (both), and all I get is the basic and the extra for being in SG.

    I do not get income guarantee.

    Lin :)
    sorry I quoted you was meant for original poster
  • richard9991
    richard9991 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    earthbound_misfit wrote: »
    I've just received a letter from the DWP that has confused me a little.
    I'm currently claiming ESA support group.
    The letter is one of those "changes to social security benefits" ones, laying out what rates I will be on after 9th April.
    However at the end it shows these amounts as:
    Your living expenses: £72.40 (presumbly basic element of ESA)
    Extra money because of the Disability Income Guarantee: £15.55
    Extra money because you are in the Support Group: £35.75

    It is the Disability Income Guarantee that is new. I received something similar previously when I also got DLA but thought it was an add-on because of the DLA (weird how all-or-nothing sickness benefits are/ have become...)
    Anyone know what it's all about? DWP page just takes me to Income Support Premiums...
    the disability income guarantee is paid if you get high care with DLA or are in support group for ESA IR Also called enhanced disability premium
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