The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that more than six million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability cost of living payment from next month. People in receipt of an eligible disability benefit will receive the payment automatically during a two-week window between Tuesday, June 20 and Tuesday, July 4.
Eight benefits qualify for the payment including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Adult Disability Payment. To be eligible for the lump sum, claimants must have received a payment (or later found to be eligible) on April 1, 2023.
For those people awaiting confirmation of their entitlement to disability benefits on April 1, or who are waiting to be assessed for eligibility to receive disability benefits, the payment process may take longer and arrive after the scheduled window closes on July 4, but the money will still arrive automatically.
