Overview

• Attendance Allowance and Scotland’s Pension Age Disability Payment are worth £72.65 or £108.55 a week, paid every four weeks as £295.60 or £441.40.
• DWP figures show nearly 484,000 claims are for arthritis and 74,804 people over 66 receive support for back pain.
• The benefit is not means-tested, is exempt from the Benefit Cap, is tax-free, and does not affect the State Pension.
• Eligibility applies if help or supervision is needed during the day or at night for at least six months, even if no one currently provides that help.
• Claims use a detailed form, with help available from Citizens Advice; in Scotland, new claims are made for PADP via Social Security Scotland, with advocacy from VoiceAbility.