Severe Disability premium and Universal Credit.

Hi, thanks to this website I found out that I should have been receiving severe disability premium which I now get The £6k+ in arrears was lovely.
However, my area is now on Universal credit for new claimants. I believe existing (legacy) claimants wont move over to UC until 2019 unless there is a change of circumstances. I think when this happens I will lose my disability premium .
My question is does moving home count as a change of circumstances ? Even if it's within the same council area ? If so I could lose this allowance earlier than 2019 ?

any help appreciated

Hi Gordon,

Many thanks for the quick response.

However, when you say I should get face to face with someone is that my local DWP JCP ? When I have gone in to them to get advice they have told me to leave as it is nothing to do with them and they only deal with the unemployed and not disabled.

thanks,

Peter

I would not expect the JSA staff to be able to help. You would need to get face2face advice from a trained benefits advisor. Try doing an internet search for 'welfare advice' and your area/postcode.

sorry but 'a trained benefits advisor' would be a charity worker of some kind presumably ? Certainly they can give an opinion but surely the only people that can make a definitive answer are the people that interpret the rules ? i.e. someone working for the DWP ?

I don't want to take advice that says it's not a change of circumstances within the same LHA to move and then the DWP say under xyz it is so I lose £62 a week.