PC10 Pension Credit - Communities and Local Government

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How will Pension Credit help you?●●extra amount for housing costs – to cover certainaccommodation costs that are not met by Housing Benefit; andtransitional extra amount – for some people who were gettingIncome Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance before they started toget Pension Credit.In total, this sum is called your appropriate amount. If you are notentitled to any of the extra amounts, your appropriate amount willbe the same as the standard amount.The amount of Pension Credit you can get will depend on otherfactors, such as your income and capital.The standard amountSPCA s2(4) & The standard amount is the minimum amount of money the(5) & SPCR 6 Government says you need for your normal day-to-day living,including such household costs as water or fuel charges. There aretwo rates of standard amount:SPCA s2(7) &SPCR 6 & sch Ipart I●●£109.45 a week for single people; and£167.05 a week for couples.Extra amounts can be added to the standard amount. The four extraamounts are described in the next sections.The extra amount for severe disabilityThere are two rates for severe disability. The higher rate is twice thelower rate.If you are single you may get the lower rate (£45.50 a week) if:●●●you live alone; 9 andyou get Attendance Allowance or the middle or highest rate ofthe care component of Disability Living Allowance; andno-one gets Carer’s Allowance for looking after you.149 In certain circumstances you can still get the extra amount for severe disabilityeven if there is someone living with you; for example, if that person is under 18or blind or a boarder.
How will Pension Credit help you?If you have a partner you may get the higher rate (£91.00 a week) if:SPCR 6 &sch I part II●●●you and your partner both get Attendance Allowance or themiddle or highest rate of the care component of Disability LivingAllowance; andno-one else lives with you; 9 andno-one gets Carer’s Allowance for looking after either of you.If you have a partner you may get the lower rate (£45.50 a week) if:●no-one else lives with you; 9 and either– you both get Attendance Allowance or the middle or highestrate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance, andsomeone gets Carer’s Allowance for looking after you or yourpartner (but not both of you); or– one of you gets Attendance Allowance, or the middle orhighest rate of the care component of Disability LivingAllowance, and the other is blind and no-one gets Carer’sAllowance for looking after either of you.The extra amount for carersYou may be able to get this extra amount (£25.80 a week) if:●●you or your partner are getting Carer’s Allowance; oryou or your partner have claimed Carer’s Allowance, and wouldbe getting it if the person who claimed did not already haveanother higher benefit. (We call this ‘underlying entitlement’.)If each partner satisfies either one of these conditions, the extraamount is doubled.The extra amount is paid for eight weeks after Carer’s Allowance(or underlying entitlement to it) stops unless the Carer’s Allowancehas already continued for eight weeks after the person being caredfor has died.9 In certain circumstances you can still get the extra amount for severe disabilityeven if there is someone living with you; for example, if that person is under 18or blind or a boarder.15
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