Nearly one in ten people in the UK will get the £150 Disability Payment from the DWP this autumn. In an effort to support people with the rising cost of living, the government are providing extra payments to certain people.
The disability payment comes in addition to the Cost of Living Payment currently being given out this month. In the East Midlands, 451,000 people will benefit from the Disability Payment.
Across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 118,200 people will get the Cost of Living Disability Payment. To be eligible for the £150 people need to be on Attendance Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance for adults, Disability Living Allowance for children, Personal Independence Payment or Adult Disability Payment (in Scotland).
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Other benefits include Child Disability Payment (in Scotland), Armed Forces Independence Payment or War Pension Mobility Supplement. People must have received payment of one of those benefits by 25 May this year.
Payments will be made from September 2022 and will be made to people who get a qualifying disability from DWP before payments to people who get a qualifying benefit from the Ministry of Defence.
The number of individuals eligible for the Disability Cost of Living Payment across Nottinghamshire:
- Ashfield 13,700
- Bassetlaw 12,000
- Broxtowe 8,100
- Gedling 9,200
- Mansfield 14,100
- Newark 8,800
- Nottingham East 10,400
- Nottingham North 14,300
- Nottingham South 9,100
- Rushcliffe 6,800
- Sherwood 11,700
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