If were told you had to move on to Universal Credit and in the month beforehand you had been:
Living Alone*
AND
Getting Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance or Income Related Job Seekers Allowance
AND
Getting Daily Living Component of Personal Independence Payments (or Middle/Higher Care rates of Disability Living Allowance)
AND
No one claimed Carers Allowance to look after you” to “No one has become a carer for you since you moved to Universal Credit (if you think this applies to you get in touch with us – details below)
If you fit these criteria type the following into your journal:
“I wish to request that my Universal Credit is revised to make a payment of a Transitional award of Universal Credit under Schedule 2 and regulation 63 of The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014. I was entitled to the Severe Disability Premium under my award of Income Support/Income Related Employment and Support Allowance/Income Based Jobseekers Allowance [delete as needed]. My Universal Credit claim started within a month of my old claim ending. I authorise Darlington CAB to act on my behalf in this matter as required”
People in the following circumstances may be advised to get advice first:
NB If you amount of UC is less than the benefit you had been on and none of the conditions apply then you may still want to seek advice – in particular if you had been getting a “component” on Employment and Support Allowance but no longer do on UC then you may be well advised to look into this