Department of Work and Pension (DWP) has provided a new update for tens of thousands Profit contender Still due to payment of compensation this year.
Payments are being made to people with disabilities, which were transferred from ‘inheritance benefits’ such as employment and support allowance (ESA) were taken to universal credit over the years before transitional safety began.
These contenders were lost in this move ‘serious disability premium’ (SDP), in which DWP was not doing enough Make sure their income was preserved.
Most of the 57,000 people affected by this issue have now received their compensation. However, the department has stated that it is working to clean around 13,000 cases which are more complex.
Explaining the issue in its annual report, WPP It has been said: “Unfortunately, some underpages may be outstanding on customers who no longer claim an active ESA and the ban in data is difficult to recognize, assess and correct these errors.”
The department said that it was working to complete the work on these errors by September.
While agents are contacting the characters for compensation, anyone thinks they may be affected to claim.
The department said that it will assess the claims based on the case-case based on the evidence given.
The repayment scheme follows two decisions by the High Court between 2018 and 2019, which found that the government failed to ensure that the benefits of the affected claimants were not reduced when they had infected. In 2020, DWP appealed to the court made a failed attempt to challenge these regions.
It was found that the monthly loss of income in both cases was around £ 180. Law firm Leh Dey – who brought cases – estimates that compensation may be more than £ 5,000 per person.
DWP has confirmed that the total cost of repayment practice is £ 452m.
A DWP spokesperson said: “We are committed to fully identify the claimants who are outstanding dues and provide financial assistance, for which they are entitled as soon as possible, most of these cases have already been resolved.
“We are clear that such errors should not happen and action has already been taken to avoid future errors.”
Eligibility
To be eligible for compensation, a claimant must be received (or was received earlier) Universal credit It contains a transitional SDP, or would have done, it was not erased.
Then he would have got one of the first three and the conditions immediately from his step in Universal Credit:
- He was entitled to an income-based heritage benefit that included a increased disability premium
- They were entitled to an income-based heritage benefit that included disability premium
- They were entitled to an income-based heritage benefits, including disabled hair premium, or child tax credit including disabled child elements (non-pronounced disabled categories)
Pay rates
There are five potential payment rates, which will be made for universal credit for each month between contenders and when the new Income Conservation Rules came into force in February 2024. These back payments will be calculated to the claimants who were entitled to the new rules when they were infected.
Monthly rates are:
- Promoted disability premium, single person – £ 84
- Promoted disability premium, doubles claim – £ 120
- Disability premium, single person – £ 172
- Disability Premium, Couple Claim – £ 246
- Disabled baby – £ 177 per eligible child
