Disability premiums

Eligibility

Disability premium payments can be added to your:

You usually need to be eligible for the disability premium to qualify for the severe or enhanced premiums.

If you get income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) you can only get the severe or enhanced premium.

Use a benefits calculator to check your eligibility.

You or your partner must be under pension credit age and either registered blind or getting:

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You must get the disability premium or income-related ESA, and one of the following qualifying benefits:

PIP daily living component
AFIP
DLA care component at the middle or highest rate
Adult Disability Payment - daily living component at the standard or enhanced rate
Attendance Allowance (or Constant Attendance Allowance paid with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or War Pension)

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You cannot get the severe disability premium if someone is getting one of the following for looking after you:

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You can get the lower amount if:

someone gets Carer바카라 사이트檚 Allowance, the carers element of Universal Credit or Carer Support Payment for looking after only one of you
only one of you meets the eligibility criteria and the other is registered blind

To get this, you must be under pension credit age.

You must get the disability premium or income-related ESA, and one of the following:

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