More than six million people across the country are set to get a one-off payment worth £150 from June.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will issue the Disability Cost of Living payment between June 20 and July 4. It comes after a previously disability-targeted cost of living payment was issued last September.
In order to be eligible for the automatic payment, claimants must receive money from a qualifying disability payment. However, if claimants are still waiting on their benefit eligibility or entitlement to a disability benefit, they may still receive the extra cash but at a slightly later date, according to the DWP.
Read more: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community
To qualify for the payment, claimants must have received cash, or later to be found eligible for a payment, from one of the qualifying benefits on April 1, 2023. In order to receive the Disability Cost of Living Payment, claimants must be receiving payments from one of the following benefits:
- Disability Living Allowance
- Personal Independence Payment
- Attendance Allowance
- Scottish Disability Benefits (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment)
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- War Pension Mobility Supplement
The DWP confirmed that if a claimant is receiving a qualifying benefit from the Ministry of Defence and one from the DWP, the cost of living payment will come from the DWP alone.
Read next:
