Pension credit severe disability and working

bringingit

Hi, just hoping for some advice for my mum. She’s just over SPA age, I think gets full new style state pension plus the pension credit severe disability premium.

She’s looking into looking some ad-hoc caring work, which would likely be 8-15 hours a paid, in a paid position.

If she did this would she lose the severe disability premium? Obviously it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have the disability issues and still receives PIP, but we know pension credit is designed as a top up and I don’t think it’s clear from the guidance.

Many thanks 

Alice_Holt

Quite possibly. As her income increases the PC top up needed will decrease.

Put her estimated revised income into a benefit calculator to check.
https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator 

She should be sure that the work she will be doing doesn't contradict the reasons for receiving PIP, otherwise the PIP renewal may be problematic.