PR v SSWP and Allerdale BC (HB): [2023] UKUT 34 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 30 January 2023.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 14 March 2023

• Categories: Claims and payments, Housing and council tax benefits
• Sub-categories: Claims and payments - period of claim, Housing and council tax benefits - backdating
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 30 January 2023

Read the full decision in UA-2021-001073-HB.

Judicial Summary

Claimant unable to claim Housing Benefit via Severe Disability Gateway because she had lost entitlement to severe disability premium in Employment Support Allowance award, although that premium was later restored and backdated following a successful Personal Independence Payment appeal - Whether claim for Housing Benefit could be backdated to start of Severe Disability Gateway - meaning of claim for benefit - Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, regulation 83(5)(a) and 83(12) & (12A)

Published 14 March 2023