Disability benefits and inheritance

bryanb

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

poppy12345

bryanb said:

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

Disability benefits refer to PIP, ADP, DLA and AA and neither are means tested. Some people mistake ESA as a disability benefit but it's not. Income Related ESA is means tested. 

HillStreetBlues

poppy12345 said:

bryanb said:

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

Disability benefits refer to PIP, ADP, DLA and AA and neither are means tested. Some people mistake ESA as a disability benefit but it's not. Income Related ESA is means tested. 

I agree ESA isn't classed as a disability benefit but the Support Group component is, just like UC isn't but LCRWA is.

poppy12345

HillStreetBlues said:

poppy12345 said:

bryanb said:

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

Disability benefits refer to PIP, ADP, DLA and AA and neither are means tested. Some people mistake ESA as a disability benefit but it's not. Income Related ESA is means tested. 

I agree ESA isn't classed as a disability benefit but the Support Group component is, just like UC isn't but LCRWA is.

I’ve never considered ESA Support Group or LCWRA to be disability benefits. 

HillStreetBlues

poppy12345 said:

HillStreetBlues said:

poppy12345 said:

bryanb said:

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

Disability benefits refer to PIP, ADP, DLA and AA and neither are means tested. Some people mistake ESA as a disability benefit but it's not. Income Related ESA is means tested. 

I agree ESA isn't classed as a disability benefit but the Support Group component is, just like UC isn't but LCRWA is.

I’ve never considered ESA Support Group or LCWRA to be disability benefits. 

Legally they are, it was the reason that when the benefit freeze happened under Cameron/Osborne the main rate of ESA was frozen, but the Support component did increase.

TELLIT01

poppy12345 said:

HillStreetBlues said:

poppy12345 said:

bryanb said:

Thread title is Disability benefits. Are they means tested?

Disability benefits refer to PIP, ADP, DLA and AA and neither are means tested. Some people mistake ESA as a disability benefit but it's not. Income Related ESA is means tested. 

I agree ESA isn't classed as a disability benefit but the Support Group component is, just like UC isn't but LCRWA is.

I’ve never considered ESA Support Group or LCWRA to be disability benefits. 

I suppose it really comes down to how you categorise 'disability'.  If you mean a permanent or long term issue, PIP, ADP etc probably are a fair list.  ESA was/is paid to people of employable age who are currently unable to work, aka disabled albeit temporarily.

Spoonie_Turtle

In the context of this thread, it doesn't really matter what the official definitions are.  (And people don't tend to stick to official definitions in everyday language anyway.) 

What we need to know is what benefits exactly the OP is referring to.