Universal Credit and the Severe Disability Premium

Sun,17 February 2019
News Benefits

This Commons Library briefing looks at how Universal Credit (UC) will affect benefit claimants who are, or were, getting the Severe Disability Premium (SDP).

It covers measures which came into force in January 2019 to prevent people getting SDP from moving onto UC until they can receive transitional protection, and proposed "transitional payments" for those who have already moved to UC and lost SDP. Read more