5. Severe Disability Premium (SDP)

Severe Disability Premium (SDP) is an amount paid to severely disabled people as part of:

If you receive benefits that include an SDP, you can’t claim Universal Credit (UC), but must claim Housing Benefit (HB).

This also applies if you have had a break of less than one month in a benefit that includes an SDP, as long as you still quality for SDP.

If you’re single, you’re entitled to Severe Disability Premium (SDP) if you meet the following criteria:

You receive a qualifying disability benefit. These are Attendance Allowance, Armed Forces Independence Payment, the care component of Disability Living Allowance at the middle or highest rate, or Personal Independence Payment daily living component at standard or enhanced rate.
No one gets paid Carer's Allowance (CA) for looking after you (if the carer is eligible for CA but does not receive anything, this does not count).
You have no non-dependant adults living with you (unless they are also receiving a qualifying disability benefit or are registered blind).

If you’re in a couple, you can receive Severe Disability Premium if you meet the following criteria:

You both receive a qualifying disability benefit (or one of you receives a qualifying disability benefit and the other person is registered blind).
You have no non-dependant adults living with you (unless they are also receiving a qualifying disability benefit or are registered blind).
No one gets paid Carer's Allowance (CA) for looking after either of you (if the carer is eligible for CA but does not receive anything, this does not count). If someone gets CA for one member of the couple, but no one gets CA for their partner, the SDP is only entitled for one member.
Only one of you receives a qualifying disability benefit, but your partner is registered blind. In this case, SDP will be paid at the single rate only. However, if someone gets CA for the person on the qualifying disability benefit, no SDP is entitled.