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<p>We set out our position on transitional protection and transitional payments for
claimants in a Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-11/HCWS1243/"
target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019 and in the revised sets of regulations
which were laid on 14 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Since 16 January 2019 claimants
who are in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) or who have been entitled
to an award of an existing benefit that included SDP in the previous month, and who
have continued to meet the SDP eligibility conditions, have been prevented from moving
onto Universal Credit if they experience a change in circumstances. Instead, these
claimants will continue to claim legacy benefits until DWP move them onto Universal
Credit where transitional protection will be available, thereby safeguarding their
existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations also make provision
so that eligible claimants who had previously been in receipt of Severe Disability
Premium but who moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019, following a change
in their circumstances, will be considered for a ‘SDP transitional payment’. Eligible
claimants will receive an on-going monthly payment and an additional lump-sum payment,
where appropriate to cover the period since they moved onto Universal Credit. These
regulations will be debated and voted on this year.</p>
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