Paragraph 6 Severe disability premiumI1

in the case of a single claimant, a lone parent F1, a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person, or a claimant who is treated as having no partner in consequence of sub-paragraph (3)—

in the case of a claimant who has a partner—

and, either a person is entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance F20or carer support payment F21or has an award of universal credit which includes the carer element in respect of caring for only one of the couple or, in the case of a polygamous marriage, for one or more but not all the partners of the marriage or, as the case may be, no person is entitled to, and in receipt of, such an allowance F22or payment F23or has such an award of universal credit in respect of caring for either member of the couple or any partner of the polygamous marriage.

a person receiving F24armed forces independence payment, attendance allowance F25F26, pension age disability payment , the daily living component F27, the daily living component of adult disability payment F28, the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 6(4) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 or the care component;

subject to sub-paragraph (7), a person who joins the claimant’s household for the first time in order to care for the claimant or the claimant’s partner and, immediately before so joining, the claimant or the claimant’s partner was treated as a severely disabled person; or

a person who is blind or severely sight impaired or is treated as blind or severely sight impaired.

as being in receipt of attendance allowance or the care component if the person would, but for the person being a patient for a period exceeding 28 days, be so in receipt;

as being entitled to, and in receipt of, a carer’s allowance F29or carer support payment F30or having an award of universal credit which includes the carer element if the person would, but for the person for whom the person was caring being a patient in hospital for a period exceeding 28 days, be so entitled and in receipt F31of carer’s allowance or carer support payment or have such an award of universal credit .

as being entitled to, and in receipt of, the daily living component if the person would, but for regulations under Article 91(1) of the 2015 Order (hospital in-patients), be so entitled and in receipt.

F34as being entitled to, and in receipt of, the daily living component of adult disability payment if the person would, but for regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, be so in receipt

as being in receipt of pension age disability payment if the person would, but for regulation 20 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to pension age disability payment) of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024, be so in receipt.

as being in receipt of Scottish adult disability living allowance if the person would, but for regulation 23 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Scottish adult disability living allowance) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025, be so in receipt.