Disability Premiums

Overview 

Disability premiums are extra amounts of money added to your: 
  • Income Support 
  • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) 
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) 
  • Housing Benefit 
Any money you get is added to your benefit payments automatically so you usually do not have to apply for a disability premium. 
 
There are 3 types of disability premium for adults: 
  • disability premium 
  • enhanced disability premium 
  • severe disability premium 
You can get more than one premium at a time. 

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