Database: Households on Universal Credit

Field: Disabled Child Entitlement

Description

The child element is increased by a disabled child addition if a child meets the criteria. There are 2 rates of disabled child addition, only one is included in the award for each child:

• Lower rate - payable where a child is entitled to any rate of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment.
• Higher rate - payable where a child is entitled to the highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance or the enhanced daily living component of the Personal Independence Payment. It is also payable where a child is registered blind.

Classification

Applicable to: All Households

The Disabled Child Entitlement field can take the following values:

• Yes
• No

Total number of categories: 2

Quality Statement

Households with a Disabled Child element have been identified by observing whether an entitlement to Disabled Child element is recorded. Where the value recorded for Disabled Child element corresponds to the value of one or more Child elements, the record has been corrected to reflect this.

The elements of Universal Credit associated with a claim have been identified based on the current circumstances of the household according to the latest records held by the department. Entitlements may change over time as circumstances change.

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