SDP advice please

Good morning everyone. After requesting an MR, I have been granted PIP standard for both standard living allowance and mobility and have had my payment backdated from Feb, so great outcome.

However, I am confused...... Until March, and being told to shield due to covid, I was self employed and worked, receiving minimal support for housing and working tax credits. £18.00 per week. Due to cover I had to stop work, and go on universal credit, and claim SEISS. I have received notification from the Council, who were paying my housing benefit before Universal Credit, saying they paying me SDP for the period feb/March??? why is this, and if I have been awarded the SDP payments will they also be back dated and paid by whom?.

I was unaware of this premium so am not sure what to expect.

Thank you if you can throw any light

Thank you Gary,

This is all new to me. Do you know what else I may be entitled too and can claim for? If I was eligible for an extra £66 per week, where has that gone, or what else is is called? or am i only entitled to pip. I get UC which at the moment is 409.00 and some housing benefit

thank you

Ive just spoken to citizen advice and they said because I had a legacy policy, housing benefit, in place when I applied for UC, and the fact that I had applied for PIP in Feb,but not awarded until Oct, before going on universal credit at end of March, I shouldn't have been put onto UC, and the SDP gateway should apply.

Would you be able to advise the best way to challenge this with UC

Thank you.