Disabled Premium

Disability premiums are extra amounts of money added to your:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• housing benefit

Any money you get is added to your benefit payments automatically so you usually do not have to apply for a disability premium.

There are 3 types of disability premium for adults:

• disability premium
• enhanced disability premium
• severe disability premium

You can get more than one premium at a time.

You can get the disability premium on its own. You might get the severe or enhanced disability premium as well if you’re eligible for them.

If you get income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) you cannot get the disability premium, but you may still qualify for the severe and enhanced premiums.

Disability premium

You’ll get:

• £34.35 a week for a single person
• £48.95 a week for a couple

Severe disability premium

You’ll get:

• £65.85 a week for a single person
• £131.70 a week for a couple if you’re both eligible

Some couples will be eligible for the lower amount of £65.85 a week instead.

Enhanced disability premium

You’ll get:

• £16.80 a week for a single person
• £24.10 a week for a couple if at least one of you is eligible

How you’re paid

All benefits, pensions and allowances are paid into an account such as your bank account.

There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to 64 can get. This is called a benefit cap.

Visit the website for eligibility details.