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 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 or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate, or
ii
blind.