AQW 11394/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 02/12/2020
Answered On Date: 10/12/2020
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether people have to receive both the Carer and Mobility elements at the higher rate to qualify for the Covid Winter Heat payment of £200, or whether a recipient on Higher Carer Rate, not the Mobility element be included.

Answer:

Those in receipt of Disability Living Allowance will be eligible for the Covid-19 Heating Payment if they receive either the highest rate care element or the higher rate mobility element, or both.

Those in receipt of Personal Independence Payment will be eligible if they receive either the enhanced rate daily living element or the enhanced rate mobility element, or both.