MILLIONS on Personal Independence Payments and Disability Living Allowance will get a pay rise later this year.
In November, the government announced a number of benefits will rise in line with the consumer price index (CPI) level of inflation in September 2022 – 10.1%.
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This includes those on Universal Credit, child benefit and also PIP and DLA.
PIP and DLA are designed to provide financial support to those with health conditions or disabilities.
There are millions claiming the two benefits who will see a pay rise – and it will come from this April.
The exact date in the month your payments will go up depends on when you usually receive it.
But it won’t be until after April 10 as payments go up from the first Monday of the new tax year, which starts on April 6.
How much will PIP and DLA go up by?
PIP helps with the extra cost of living for those with illnesses or disabilities.
There are two elements to the benefit: a daily living part if you need help with everyday tasks, and a mobility part if you need help getting around.
There are two separate rates for each part – these are known as standard or enhanced rates.
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These are the current weekly rates:
- Standard daily living component: £61.85
- Enhanced daily living component: £92.40
- Standard mobility component: £24.45
- Enhanced mobility component: £64.50
This is what the PIP rates will go up to from April:
- Standard daily living component: £68.09
- Enhanced daily living component: £101.73
- Standard mobility component: £71.01
- Enhanced mobility component: £26.91
Meanwhile, DLA is available for people who have extra care or mobility needs due to a health condition or disability.
But it is no longer available for new claimants aged 16 or over. If this is you, you will have to make a claim for PIP instead.
For those already receiving DLA, if you haven’t already, you will be transferred on to PIP unless you are living in England, Scotland or Wales and were born before April 8, 1949, or you live in Northern Ireland and were born before June 20, 1951.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will contact you to tell you when you are being moved to PIP.
The DLA is made up of two parts – the care component and the mobility component.
It is possible to claim for one or both of these depending on your circumstances.
These are the current DLA monthly rates:
- Care component highest rate: £92.40
- Care component middle rate: £61.85
- Care component lowest rate: £24.45
- Mobility component higher rate: £64.50
- Mobility component lower rate: £24.45
This is what the DLA rates will go up to from April:
- Care component highest rate: £101.75
- Care component middle rate: £68.10
- Care component lowest rate: £26.90
- Mobility component higher rate: £71
- Mobility component lower rate: £26.90
What other benefits are going up?
There are a number of other benefits going up in April beyond PIP and DLA.
This includes:
- Universal Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Pension Credit
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment Support Allowance
- Jobseekers Allowance
- Maternity Allowance
- Income Support
- Personal Independence Payment
- State Pension
If you receive any of the above payments and you want to know how much they are going up by you can find out on the Government’s website.
Or, you can figure it out yourself. You just have to take your normal payment amount and divide it by 100.
Then multiply it by 10.1%. You then add that figure to the normal payment amount and this will tell you how much your payment amount from April will be.
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