The DWP payment is made available to households requiring additional care in their lives
More than 1.7 million people over the State Pension age across the UK are eligible to receive £1,362 each month through the Department for Work and Pensions.
Attendance Allowance, which is different from the State Pension, offers additional financial aid for older people with a disability, long-term illness, or physical or mental health condition, reports MirrorOnline.
Attendance Allowance isn’t means-tested and is valued at either £73.90 for the lower rate or £110.40 for the higher rate every week.
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As this benefit is usually paid every four weeks, it equates to either £295.60 or £441.60 per payment period.
The full New State Pension is currently valued at £230.25 per week, which equates to £921 when paid every four weeks.
Over the 2025/26 financial year, yearly payments are worth £11,973.
But, it’s crucial to note that not all of the 4.1 million people on the New State Pension receive the full amount as it is tied to National Insurance Contributions.
The full Basic State Pension is now worth £176.45 per week, or £705.80 every four-week payment period. Over the 2025/26 financial year, annual payments are worth £9,175.40.
The sum awarded for Attendance Allowance hinges on the degree of assistance needed. This benefit is intended to aid individuals of State Pension age with daily living costs due to their health condition, enabling them to retain independence in their own home for an extended period.
There is no mobility component linked to Attendance Allowance.
Health conditions supported by Attendance Allowance
The conditions listed below are sourced from information recorded on the DWP’s Attendance Allowance system:
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Psychoneurosis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Infectious diseases: Viral disease – Coronavirus covid-19
- Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
- Double Amputee
- Frailty
- Major Trauma Other than Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Multiple Allergy Syndrome
- Neurological Diseases
- Learning Difficulties
- Renal Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Respiratory Disorders and Diseases
- Multi System Disorders
- AIDS
- Dementia
- Severely Mentally impaired
- Hearing Disorders
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Spondylosis
- Malignant Disease
- Skin Disease
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Visual Disorders and Diseases
- Deaf/Blind
- Metabolic Disease
- Haemophilia
- Haemodialysis
- Behavioural Disorder
- Bowel and Stomach Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Parkinsons Disease
- Psychosis
- Disease Of The Muscles, Bones or Joints
- Back Pain
- Hyperkinetic Syndrome
- Blood Disorders
- Heart Disease
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Personality Disorder
- Trauma to Limbs
- Peripheral vascular Disease
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Pain Syndromes