UC

Hello buster,

Unfortunately premiums I think you are thinking about only applied to the combination of ESA and PIP, not UC and PIP.

If you follow this link to a government site there are further links to sites where your daughter can enter all her details and they will tell her which benefits she is likely to be entitled to.

www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

Unfortunately it is beyond the scope of this forum to give personalised benefits advise, but I hope that link helps.

Catherine

Hi buster

As Catherine has stated in her post there are no disability premiums paid with UC, you only get premiums with Income Related legacy benefits such as IR ESA and HB ......

When a UC claimant reports to the DWP that they have a health condition that limits their capability for work this would normally trigger a ‘Work Capability Assessment’ (usually this involves the claimant completing a questionnaire and attending a medical).

If they are found to have (or can be treated as having) a limited capability for work and work related activities, then the LCWRA Element should be included in the first Monthly Assessment Period after the end of their ‘relevant period’.

The ‘relevant period’ is a 3 month period which starts when the claimant first provides medical evidence to the DWP (including self-certification). The DWP should then take the claimant through the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).

Although the WCA process often takes longer than 3 months, the LCWRA Element should nontheless be included in the claimant’s UC award from the first Monthly Assessment Period after the end of their ‘relevant period’ regardless of how long the process has taken and even if the claimant goes to appeal.

The good news is that because this will often be due to a DWP error, there is no time limit to challenge the mistake and get it fixed.

Our UC and ESA claim guide explains the criteria that your daughter will need to meet.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1

A score of 15 or more means you have been found to have limited capability for work. The points can be scored in one or more activities. If you are found to have limited capability for work the next step in the assessment process is to find out if your daughter also has limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA).

If you are successful with claiming LCWRA then this will give an additional element with your daughter's UC claim £341.92 pcm.

If you have any further questions please come back to the forum.

Gary