There are now just days left until benefit claimants will see a £150 cost of living payment start to drop into their banks. This will be the second disability cost of living grant with the first one sent out in September 2022.
And more than six million people will be eligible to receive this payment from the Department of Work and Pension (DWP), reports Lancs Live. The money is aimed at helping people with rising costs. People must have received a payment – or later receive a payment – of one of these qualifying benefits for 1 April 2023 to receive the grant.
Benefit claimants do not need to apply for the money. Those being paid a “qualifying disability benefit” will be paid automatically from June 20.
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The “vast majority of £150 payments” are set to be made automatically over a two-week period between 20 June and 4 July 2023. The Government said: “For those who were awaiting confirmation of their entitlement to disability benefits on 1 April, or who are waiting to be assessed for eligibility to receive disability benefits, the process may take longer, but payments will still be automatic.”
The official advice adds: “Disabled people on low incomes in receipt of means-tested benefits may previously have been eligible for £301 this spring, and stand to be eligible for a further £300 this autumn and £299 in spring 2024.
“The £150 payment will be made on top of these cost of living payments, with disabled people who wouldn’t qualify for the means-tested support, but who are in receipt of disability support, also receiving the payment.”
Who is eligible for the disability payment?
The £150 payment will be issued to people who receive any of the following:
- disability living allowance
- personal independence payment (PIP)
- attendance allowance
- Scottish disability benefits
- Armed Forces independence payment
- constant attendance allowance
- war pension mobility supplement
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