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Scottish Government Publication (Statistics)
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate

Jan. 28 2025

Source Page: Scottish House Condition Survey: Methodology Notes 2023
Document: 2023 Methodology notes tables and figures (ODS)

Found: element; - A disabled child premium; - A disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability

Written Question
Universal Credit: Disability Premium
Thursday 24th April 2025

Asked by: Marie Tidball (Labour - Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to roll out backdated payments for enhanced disability premium for claimants who transferred to Universal Credit before 14 February 2024; and whether these payments will be ongoing for claimants of Universal Credit who would have been previously eligible for enhanced disability premium beyond 14 February 2024.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

We are providing transitional protection to some customers who moved to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances and not via the “managed migration” process.

To end the losses new customers to Universal Credit were facing, new regulations came into force on 14th February 2024 that provide newly eligible customers, who move to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances, with additional Transitional Protections where they are entitled to a Transitional Severe Disability Premium Element.

These regulations provide eligible people with an additional amount of transitional protection to reflect the loss of the Enhanced Disability Premium, the Disability Premium, and an amount for disabled children.

We are fully committed to identifying and paying eligible customers who have already moved to Universal Credit following a change in their circumstances. These payments commenced in January 2025. and we are committed to make payments to all eligible customers as soon as possible.

Select Committee
Correspondence from Neil Couling, Universal Credit, Senior Responsible Owner, Director General, Fraud, Disability and Health, providing updates following their appearance at the Committee on 12 February 2025

Correspondence Feb. 26 2025

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: Pensions Select Committee House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Sent electronically Transitional Severe

Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 158_Severe_Disability_Premium.pdf (PDF)

Found: Severe Disability Premium Transitional Protection overview : Guidance What is Severe Disability

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Secretary of State replying to the Committee's letter on 27 November 2024 requesting further information following the Secretary of State's appearance before the Committee on 13 November 2024

Correspondence Jan. 29 2025

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: The Severe Disability Premium (SDP) is an additional amount of benefit awarded to eligible customers

Select Committee
Marie Curie
 PTW0009 - Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Written Evidence May. 07 2025

Inquiry: Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: The Green Paper says that government intends to introduce a new ‘premium’ for “those with the most severe

Select Committee
Letter from the Senior Responsible Owner at Universal Credit relating to an update on the oral evidence session held on 05 December 2024 about judicial review/TP/AR3 and AB&F v SSWP, 28 January 2025

Correspondence Feb. 04 2025

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: transitional protection for those claimants who have already moved to ~C and where previously receiving the Severe

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

Dec. 17 2024

Source Page: Move to Universal Credit – Insight on Income Support and Housing Benefit and initial ESA cohort activity
Document: (PDF)

Found: Disability Premium (SDP) transitional element if they were entitled to the SDP on ESA.

Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 189_Universal_Credit_monthly_rates_V24.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: , transitional severe disability premium element, payable and the period in which the claim was made

Select Committee
Correspondence to the Minister for Social Security and Disability, relating to the Safeguarding vulnerable claimants inquiry

Correspondence Feb. 26 2025

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: parliament.uk 26 February 2025 Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP Minister for Social Security and Disability