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:
Classification
Applicable to: All Households
The Disabled Child Entitlement field can take the following values:
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.