Benefits PIP advice needed

yankee77

Hi

I am on Contribution Based ESA Support Group, also standard daily living care, and high rate mobility.

Can anyone tell me if this now allows me other things such as a blue badge, and anything else? What are the Premiums?

Thank You

elsien

High rate mobility should qualify you for a blue badge - check on your local council's website.
Not sure what you mean by premiums?

yankee77

I have heard there are Disability Premiums with certain benefits

elsien

https://www.gov.uk/disability-premiums-income-support

pmlindyloo

yankee77 wrote: »

I have heard there are Disability Premiums with certain benefits

Disability Premiums are only payable with income based ESA.

Do you meet the criteria for income based ESA? For example, have you a partner who works? Have you savings/capital over £6000?

Alice_Holt

ESA premiums will depend on your eligibility for an Income - Based top up to your CB ESA. So, will look at savings / capital (under £16k), and other income coming into the household.
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/disability-premiums-in-benefits


Re Blue bage:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/197719/can-i-get-a-blue-badge.pdf

"A person is automatically eligible for a badge if they are over
two years old and meet at least one of the following criteria:
a) receives the Higher Rate of the Mobility Component of the
Disability Living Allowance;
b) receives a Personal Independence Payment for being unable
to walk further than 50 metres (a score of 8 points or more
under the moving around activity of the mobility component);....."

yankee77

Hi

Thank you all so very much for your kind replies. I don't think I can get the Premiums as I am a single man on ESA Support Group CBased.

Do I have to do anything now that I have been awarded PIP? I got in touch with Council when I first went onto PIP got Standard Care. Now this week I have also been awarded Higher Rate Mobility.

If I was meant to be awarded other benefits in line with getting PIP then I suppose they would sort that out at the Benefits and be in touch with me.

Thank You

pmlindyloo

yankee77 wrote: »

Hi

Thank you all so very much for your kind replies. I don't think I can get the Premiums as I am a single man on ESA Support Group CBased.

Do I have to do anything now that I have been awarded PIP? I got in touch with Council when I first went onto PIP got Standard Care. Now this week I have also been awarded Higher Rate Mobility.

If I was meant to be awarded other benefits in line with getting PIP then I suppose they would sort that out at the Benefits and be in touch with me.

Thank You

You may still be eligible for income based ESA even if you are currently on contribution based ESA. You can get what is often called an income based 'top up'.

The question you need to answer is are you eligible for the income based 'top up'?

So you are single. Do you have any savings/own another home/receiving pension contributions?

A simple way of finding out is to put your details into a benefit calculator. Use this one:

https://www.turn2us.org.uk

If you are eligible then you need to contact ESA and ask them to be assessed for income based ESA. They will send a form (an ESA3, I believe.) If they say you are eligible then you need to ask them to add your premiums to when you first received your PIP standard daily living. You may have to fill in another form about the Severe Disability Premium.

Come back if you need any other help with this but before you do that use the benefits calculator.

Alice_Holt

Are you receiving Housing Benefit?

carlislelass

Alice_Holt wrote: »

ESA premiums will depend on your eligibility for an Income - Based top up to your CB ESA. So, will look at savings / capital (under £16k), and other income coming into the household.
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/disability-premiums-in-benefits


Re Blue bage:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/197719/can-i-get-a-blue-badge.pdf

"A person is automatically eligible for a badge if they are over
two years old and meet at least one of the following criteria:
a) receives the Higher Rate of the Mobility Component of the
Disability Living Allowance;
b) receives a Personal Independence Payment for being unable
to walk further than 50 metres (a score of 8 points or more
under the moving around activity of the mobility component);....."

My husband gets one through being registered blind

Alice_Holt

carlislelass wrote: »

My husband gets one through being registered blind

If you look at the link I provided, this is the third criteria for automatic eligibility.

a) or b) would apply to the OP as he has indicated receipt of "high rate mobility.".