PART 4ELEMENTS OF AN AWARD

Responsibility for children or young persons

The child element25

1

The amount to be included in an award of universal credit for each child or qualifying young person for whom a claimant is responsible F1and in respect of whom an amount may be included under Article 15 (“the child element”) is given in the table in regulation 38 (amounts of elements).

2

An additional amount as shown in that table is to be included in respect of each child or qualifying young person who is disabled and that amount is—

a

the lower rate where the child or qualifying young person is entitled to disability living allowance F2, child disability paymentF4, adult disability payment or personal independence payment (unless sub-paragraph (b) applies), or

b

the higher rate where the child or qualifying young person is—

i

entitled to the care component of disability living allowance at the highest rate F3, the care component of child disability payment at the highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP RegulationsF5, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5(3) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate, or

ii

blind.