Overview
- Official data show over 1.7 million people receive Attendance Allowance across Great Britain.
- Attendance Allowance pays £73.90 or £110.40 a week, is tax‑free and non‑means‑tested, and it does not affect the State Pension.
- Reporting a deterioration in care needs can move a claimant from the lower to the higher rate, increasing weekly support by £36.50.
- Pension Age Disability Payment has replaced new Attendance Allowance claims in Scotland and uses the same payment rates.
- New PADP claimants who submit within the qualifying period may also receive the DWP £10 Christmas Bonus if their application is later awarded.