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YOU HAVE TO BE CLAIMING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: HOUSING BENEFIT, JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE, EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE AND PENSION CREDIT. 10:41, 31 May 2025 If you claim
Personal Independence and other benefits, you may be entitled to additional top-ups, known as disability premium, from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ). You have to be claiming
one of the following benefits: Housing Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Pension Credit. There are three different types of disability premiums. The
disability premium is £43.20 a week for a single person and £61.65 a week for a couple. The severe disability premium is £82.90 a week for a single person and £165.80 a week for a couple if
you’re both eligible. Some couples will be eligible for the lower amount of £81.50 a week instead. The enhanced disability premium is £21.20 a week for a single person or £30.25 a week for a
couple if at least one of you is eligible. READ MORE UK SET TO SIZZLE IN 'GLORIOUS' 27C MINI-HEATWAVE WITH 33 COUNTIES IN ENGLAND HIT At the highest rate, £165, you'd
potentially get £8,621 between you. To get the disability premium, you or your partner must be under pension credit age and either registered blind or getting: Disability Living Allowance
(DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult Disability Payment (ADP), Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP), Working Tax Credit with a disability element, Attendance Allowance,
Constant Attendance Allowance, War Pensioners Mobility Supplement, Severe Disablement Allowance or Incapacity Benefit. If you do not qualify, you may still get the premium if you’ve been
unable to work for at least a year. For the severe rate, 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 and Attendance Allowance (or Constant Attendance
Allowance paid with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or War Pension). You usually cannot have anyone aged 18 or over living with you, unless they’re in one of these situations: they
get a qualifying benefit, they’re registered blind, they’re a boarder or subtenant (but not a close relative), they make separate payments to the landlord You cannot get the severe
disability premium if someone is getting one of the following for looking after you: Carer’s Allowance, the carers element of Universal Credit or Carer Support Payment. You’ll get the higher
amount of severe disability premium if both you and your partner are eligible. Article continues below You can get the lower amount if someone gets Carer’s Allowance, the carers element of
Universal Credit or Carer Support Payment for looking after only one of you or only one of you meets the eligibility criteria and the other is registered blind. To get the enhanced rate, you
must be under pension credit age. You must get the disability premium or income-related ESA, and one of the following: PIP daily living component at the higher (‘enhanced’) rate, AFIP, DLA
care component at the highest rate or Adult Disability Payment - daily living component at the enhanced rate. You’ll also get this if you’re in the support group for income-related ESA.