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ConfidentWin3397 t1_ivvbbmc wrote

Reply to comment by AzulMage2020 in Half a million UK workers drop out of workforce, citing long-term illness by MagnusAuslander

They used to be, slowly chipped away through austerity. They even got rid of disability.

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sithelephant t1_ivvn9ir wrote

Err, no they didn't. Currently on both ESA (not migrated to UC) and PIP top rates.

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ConfidentWin3397 t1_ivvnnbp wrote

That’s. nothing compared to what my dad used to have. DLA was a fantastic.

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sithelephant t1_ivvq39p wrote

DLA was replaced by PIP. Rates are more or less comparable.

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ConfidentWin3397 t1_ivvq6x9 wrote

No they aren’t at all don’t lie.

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sithelephant t1_ivvsb5j wrote

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1036433/benefit-and-pension-rates-2022-2023.pdf

2022 rates for DLA highest rates, £92.40+64.50

2022 rates for PIP highest rates £92.40 + 64.50.

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ConfidentWin3397 t1_ivw3s9s wrote

DLA didn’t exist in 2022

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sithelephant t1_ivwcc6v wrote

Observe the above table. It did not exist for new claimants. The number of existing claimants is not yet zero.

The rates for DLA have never been significantly higher than PIP since the creation of PIP as a benefit. I have been following this, as I have been on DLA since before the introduction of PIP, migrating some three years after PIP came into existance.

If your father was getting significantly more than PIP, on DLA, either he was found to be not meeting the criteria for PIP, or he was getting some additional benefit, possibly help with health care costs.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-benefits-statistics-august-2022/dwp-benefits-statistics-august-2022 - showing there were 1.2M claimants remaining in 2022.

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