Disability Life Allowance ( DLA ) is a social security benefit in the United Kingdom paid to eligible plaintiffs who have personal care and/or mobility needs as a result of mental or physical disability. It is tax free, untested and does not contribute. This benefit was introduced in 1992, integrating the previous benefits of Mobility Benefits and Attendance Benefits and introducing two lower levels of added benefits. Before 2013 it could be claimed by a British citizen under the age of sixty-five. However, the benefits are gradually phased out for the majority of plaintiffs between 2013 and 2015 and are replaced by the new Personal Independent Payments. DLAs can still be claimed by children under the age of sixteen and are still acceptable to existing complainants who are sixty-five years of age or older on April 8, 2013. The rating system fails to a sizeable minority "of long-term disability prosecutors. Assessment is too often subject to basic errors, insensitivity and ignorance about disability, MPs say.
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Feasibility
DLA is limited to people included in all of the following categories:
- They usually have to stay and be present in the UK
- They must comply with age rules: new DLA claims can only be made if the claimant is under 16 years of age; but existing claimants can continue claiming DLA if they are born on or before April 8, 1948.
- They can not stay in certain types of accommodation
- They must have at least three months of disability, and expect them to continue for at least another six months
- They should have attention and/or mobility needs.
Typically, to qualify for the Disability Alert (DLA) for children, the child must:
- Be under sixteen
- Need extra looking or trouble walking
- Being in the United Kingdom, another European or European Region (EEA) European Region when you claim - there are some exceptions, e.g. family members of the Armed Forces
- Be a regular resident in England, Ireland, Isle of Man, or Channel Islands
- Not subject to immigration control
- Have lived in the United Kingdom for two of the last three years, if more than 3 years
Children under the age of three.
- A child under six months must stay in England for at least thirteen weeks.
- A child between six months and three years must have lived in the UK for at least twenty-six of the past 156 weeks.
Individuals can qualify for DLA whether they work or not. Earnings do not affect the amount of DLA received. Severely ill people are usually eligible for the highest level of the DLA Treatment component under the so-called "special rules".
Maps Disability Living Allowance
Component care
DLA maintenance component is paid for with one of three rates: lowest, medium and highest. From April 2018 the rates are:
The lowest level eligibility
Individuals are entitled to the lowest tariff treatment component if they are severely disabled so they:
- asks others to give them attention in relation to their bodily functions for most of the day for a period or periods; or
- can not prepare the main meals cooked for themselves provided they have all the ingredients and are aged 16 or over.
Medium-level eligibility
Individuals are entitled to middle-level care components if they are severely disabled so they:
- asks others to give them attention throughout the day with respect to their bodily functions; or
- requires long or repeated attention at night in connection with their bodily functions; or
- requires ongoing supervision throughout the day to avoid major harm to themselves or others; or
- require other people to stay awake for long periods of time or often at night, for the purpose of watching them to avoid great harm to themselves or others.
Highest value eligibility
Individuals are entitled to the highest level of care component if they meet one of the conditions of day and one of the night conditions for the intermediate-level care component.
Mobility component
The DLA mobility component is paid for one of two rates: lower and higher. From April 2018 the rates are:
Low-level eligibility
Individuals are entitled to lower-level mobility components if they are severely mentally or physically disabled so they can not walk outdoors on unfamiliar routes without the guidance or supervision of others most of the time.
Higher level eligibility
Individuals are entitled to higher level mobility components if they: -
- is physically disabled and as a result can not be, or is barely able to, walk; or
- Physical disabilities and mobilization needed to walk will endanger their life or health; or
- has had both legs amputated at or above the ankle, or is born without legs or feet; or blind and deaf and need someone with them outside.
- have severe mental disorders and have severe behavioral problems and receive the highest level of care component.
Mobility allowances (usually using Motility schemes) are structured to provide disabled with mechanical assistance for their mobility, which may include wheelchairs, scooters, or automobiles.
See also
- Severe Disability Allows
- Benefit Misconceptions
- Attendance Allowance
- Job Obligations and Support
- Independent Personal Payment
References
External links
- Guardian's Special Report - Country Benefit
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