https://www.slab.org.uk/faqs/passporting-benefits-automatically-eligible/
https://www.slab.org.uk/faqs/passporting-benefits-automatically-eligible/
If your client is the only “person concerned” (see meaning below) in terms of our regulations, and they are in receipt of or included in their partner or spouse’s award of any of the following benefits at the date of application, they will not have to pay a financial contribution towards their case if their application is successful:
Meaning of “person concerned”: this means the person whose disposable income, disposable capital, and maximum contribution are to be determined or the person whose resources are to be treated as the resources of any other person, under our Regulations.
We will verify a client’s receipt of one of the passporting benefits named above with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
Our link with the DWP only checks passport benefits. We are not able to verify any other benefits in payment.
To assist us please do not provide two surnames like “Smith or Jones”.
Our automatic link with the DWP will not be able to confirm the benefits where two names are provided.
Please check the spelling of the name as the DWP link will not confirm the benefit where the name is spelt incorrectly.
Remember, if the benefit claimant is the applicant’s partner, we also need the partner’s details to be correct for the DWP check.
Receipt of a passporting benefit does not preclude us from investigating representations or carrying out verification checks to validate that the person concerned has made a full disclosure of their circumstances to the DWP.