Sentences with phrase «disability living allowance»

The mobility component of disability living allowance for those in residential care will also be removed.

A medical assessment will also be introduced for disability living allowance claimants from 2013.

Disability living allowance cost # 12.3 bn at the start of this parliament.

The second is examining the possibilities of «early neutral evaluation» in disability living allowance (social security) appeals.

Ministers at the DWP repeatedly claimed that the majority of people on disability living allowance (DLA) were given benefits for life without any supporting medical evidence.

But more importantly the study also shows how cuts to a host of benefits including disability living allowance (DLA), employment and support allowance (ESA), housing benefit and the «bedroom tax» are hitting the same group of disabled people over and over again.

Against a backdrop of rising homelessness, we ask the government again to rethink this ill - conceived policy and to ensure disabled people receiving disability living allowance, and other vulnerable people, are exempt from the bedroom tax before it comes into effect on April 1st.»

Now add in these: disability living allowance starts converting into personal independence payment with a target to remove 500,000 people in new Atos medical tests.»

Originally all 3.3 m disability living allowance claimants were due to be on the new system at the beginning of October before being moved to the end of the month, there is now no set rollout date on the reform going through.

The problems with processing the benefit, which replaces the old disability living allowance (DLA), echo ongoing issues with the rollout of employment and support allowance (ESA), which have also provoked profound unhappiness from disability groups.

«It's a trend we've noticed about people, from usually passing the PIP criteria or disability living allowance [DLA, its predecessor benefit] criteria to getting fewer points even though they've got chronic conditions that are worsening,» Eagle said.

On the other hand, they'll also overlook some income, so for example if you get disability living allowance (DLA) or personal independence payment (PIP), this won't be taken into account when assessing how much you could afford to pay.

Rev Heming told Premier how government policy regarding disabilities had affected her and said: «I'm one of the people that made the transfer from disability living allowance to PIP (Personal Independence Payment) and I lost my mobility vehicle as a result of that.

Paralysed from the neck down after a rugby accident when he was 21, Duckworth has a sharper understanding of the importance of disability living allowance, and the replacement PIPs, than most people administering the benefit reforms, not least because he has had experience of applying for it and relying on it.

In Time for Action, the AJTC calls for the introduction of a 42 - day time limit for decision - makers to hear appeals on disability living allowance and other benefits.

• It will have control over a number of benefits including disability living allowance, the personal independence payment, winter fuel payments and the housing elements of universal credit, including the under - occupancy charge (bedroom tax).

Tightening the already extremely tight eligibility conditions for disability living allowance?

For example, over 600,000 disabled people who currently receive disability living allowance (DLA)-- who face significant barriers and costs in their daily life — will now have this support withdrawn as they are deemed ineligible for the new personal independence payments (PIP).

Your employer may ask for evidence that you're entitled to parental leave, including the child's birth certificate, or papers confirming the award of their disability living allowance.

Introduced in April 2013, PIP is replacing the disability living allowance and, like its predecessor, it is intended to help with the additional expenses caused by long - term health problems such as transport costs to and from hospital appointments.

I don't agree with cutting libraries, school building projects, disability living allowances and legal aid and I'll campaign against it whether the Tory - lite of Labour like it or not.

On welfare, the Smith report recommends (see paragraph 49) that attendance allowance, carers allowance and disability living allowance, amongst others, should be devolved in their entirety to the Scottish Parliament.

As Cameron and his minister friends applaud the Paralympians they are in the process of removing even more support from disabled people by reassessing all on disability living allowance.

A further development was that, although the government is still pushing ahead with plans to reform the disability living allowance, they have paused for thought on plans to remove this vital benefit from disabled people in residential care.

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

David Cameron apparently believes that plans for disability living allowance (DLA) cuts will not leave disabled people lacking mobility support.

Changes to welfare will account for # 11bn worth of savings by 2014/15, the chancellor said, with changes to child benefits, housing benefits and the disability living allowance.

It's followed by housing benefit of # 16.94 bn (+5.2 %) and Disability living allowance of # 12.57 bn (+3.3 %).

The latest reforms, tot - alling an extra # 7bn by 2014, come on top of the # 11bn chopped from Iain Duncan Smith's department in June's emergency Budget through cuts to the disability living allowance, housing benefit, child benefit and a # 3.2 bn tax credit squeeze.

Holyrood is being given responsibility for 11 benefits, including disability living allowance, personal independence payments and carer's allowance.

Coalition plans to reform the benefits system have encountered extensive opposition in the Lords so far this month, with changes to the disability living allowance prompting three defeats in one sitting.

At Work and Pensions Questions yesterday, serial rebel Peter Bone helpfully asked the Government to explain its plans for the future of disability living allowance.

«Disability living allowance will be replaced by the personal independence payment (PIP), which is a new, more transparent and sustainable benefit underpinned by an objective assessment of the barriers disabled people face in living full and independent lives.

Under Mr Miliband's plan, the Scottish Parliament will be given the power to «top up» payments which are reserved to Westminster, including jobseeker's allowance, disability living allowance or even the state pension.

To gasps from the Labour benches, the chancellor announced «tough but fair» reforms that will lead to extra changes for housing benefit and on the rules for the mobility and care arrangements for disability living allowance.

Nevertheless, there are many sources to hold up repayment: Disability living allowance, other allowances, income support, and redundancy pay from the employer.

A Motability vehicle paid for using attendance allowance, disability living allowance (DLA) or personal independence payment (PIP) is a lease agreement.

If so, you may be entitled to welfare benefits such as income support or disability living allowance.

The Administrative Court has today issued an important judgment concerning the provision of discretionary housing payments («DHPs») where the local authority takes into account income received from the care component of the disability living allowance («DLAC»).