DWP announced £5,600 per year to State Pensioners born before 1959: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that state pensioners born before 1959 can now apply for in Attendance Allowance through a new online application process. This benefit, worth £434 per payment period, is available to those who need extra support due to a disability or health condition.
How to Apply for Attendance Allowance
State pensioners can now apply for Attendance Allowance in the following ways:
- Online: A limited number of applications are accepted each week.
- By Post: You can download and print a form or request one via the helpline.
What You Need to Apply
To complete your application, you will need:
- Your National Insurance number
- Your address and contact details
- Details of your disability or health condition
- Your GP surgery or medical centre details
- Information about any care home, hospital, or hospice stays (if applicable)
Who Cannot Apply Online?
You cannot apply online if:
- You are applying as an appointee for someone else
- You have power of attorney
If you fall into these categories, you must apply using a paper form or by contacting the DWP helpline.
How to Request a Paper Application Form
If you prefer to apply by post, you can:
- Download and print the claim form
- Call the DWP helpline to request a form at:
- Telephone: 0800 731 0122
- Textphone: 0800 731 0317
- Relay UK users: Dial 18001 0800 731 0122
- British Sign Language (BSL) users: Use the video relay service
Where to Send Your Application
Mail your completed form to:
Freepost, DWP Attendance Allowance
No postcode or stamp is required.
What Happens After You Apply?
- Within 3 weeks, you will receive a text or letter with an update on your application status.
- Once a decision is made, you’ll receive a letter confirming the outcome and details of your first payment.
When Will Your Claim Start?
- Online applications: Start from the date you submit your claim.
- Posted applications: Start from the date DWP receives your form.
- Helpline requests: If you request a form via phone and return it within 6 weeks, your claim will start from the date of your call.
What If You Disagree with the Decision?
If your claim is rejected or you disagree with the amount awarded, you can request a mandatory reconsideration to have your case reviewed.
You can also file a complaint with DWP if you are unhappy with the service you receive.
The new online system for Attendance Allowance makes it easier for state pensioners born before 1959 to apply for financial support. Whether applying online, by phone, or via post, it’s crucial to provide all the required details to ensure a smooth application process. If you need extra help due to a health condition, don’t miss out on this valuable support—apply today.
FAQ’s
Who can apply for the £5,600 Attendance Allowance?
State pensioners born before 1959 who need extra support due to a disability or health condition can apply.
How can I apply for Attendance Allowance?
You can apply online (limited applications per week), by post, or by calling the DWP helpline to request a form.
What documents do I need to apply?
You will need your National Insurance number, contact details, GP information, and details of any disability or health condition requiring support.
When will my Attendance Allowance payments start?
If you apply online, payments start from the date you submit your claim. For postal applications, it starts from when DWP receives your form.
What if my Attendance Allowance claim is rejected?
You can request a mandatory reconsideration if you disagree with the decision or the amount awarded.
I receive max attendance allowance. I wasn’t allowed to claim disability because I retired before I claimed. I thought that I was doing the correct thing for the country. Now I am loosing out altogether. It keeps getting worse.
Am I eligible for this payment . D.O.B 20/11/1956.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Melvill Burley
58 Richmond Road
NORMANTON
Derby
DE23 8PX.
High Sarah I am don greaves would be eligible for this payment
As I born 1956 my email Address donalgreaves@hotmail.co.uk
I am Diabetic type 2.
Isteio arthritisabs need a hip replacement been on waiting 15 month
Only if you need help fue to illness. It is another headline that means nothing for most of us Tax Paying Pensioner’s. Jut a spin on the truth. No doubt not for you or I.
I suffer from a number of progressive illnesses diabetes sleep apnea depression I also suffer from Many other problems that IV managed for years without help after attending my doctor last February 23 having neck shoulder and back pain I was referred to a neurologist for Parkinson’s after a 12 month wait and seeing the consultant told it could be early Parkinson’s or ostio arthritis but can’t tell until scanned refused attendance allowance and appealed the time is over 12 months and still no date for a hearing yet all the time my health progressively gets worse and my life becomes more and more difficult trying to do the thing for myself that IV always done with ease and thought simple don’t get old
I,m a disabled ex serviceman, and retired. UC don’t want or will not help because they don’t deal with retired people. Councils don’t help. So all pensioners are on their own. PIP,s don’t care I have had a fall seriously breaking my leg with a artificial hip in, made my disability worse, but PIP,s don’t want to know. So again disabled pensioners are on their own. There is no government department willing to know or help. So all pensioners either eat or heat,and face eviction because there’s no help with rent or council tax. There’s no such thing as welfare . Makes me mad when immigrants get it all when they do nothing for this country. When people like us have to suffer, after serving this country. The government has got it all wrong.
Your anti-immigrant rant does you no service. Stop listening to evil people like Fartage. The UK has been pillaging countries around the world, enslaving people and inviting them to do their dirty work. Very few Brits want to be care workers or farm labourers etc.
The fact that you’re an ex-serviceman entitles you to no special privileges. All servicemen do is perpetuate war and colonialism. How many innocent people did the UK kill in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and now bombing Yemen.
If you have no state pension, you should be entitled to pension credit. Once you get that you would get help with council tax and rent payments. However, if you get the full state pension, like I do, then there is no additional help. As the article states, you may be eligible for Attendance Allownce. Claim. If refused, appeal.
Born 14.04.1959,
Hello Susan,
They told born before 1959. So you are not eligible.
They said if your born before 1959 you can now apply for attendance allowance.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that state pensioners born before 1959 can now apply for in Attendance Allowance through a new online application process. This benefit, worth £434 per payment period, is available to those who need extra support due to a disability or health condition
I received pip before retirement age after breast cancer which left limited movement and a lot of discomfort as I have aged now have a lot more long term illnesses there is no cure for but cant get attendance or pip for mobility
Contact Age U.K they will help you fill in the forms they know what it needs to complete them correctly, I didn’t think I would be eligible but got the higher rate, phone your local one and make an appointment
Your not alone I’m the same.
It has always been PIP for under retirement age and Attendance Allowance for over. Attendance Allowance does not come with a mobility component, so he is not giving away anything extra, just teasing people as usual.
Am I eligible for this paiement
DOB 15/02/1953
I get my pension of £593,42 monthly
Just asking if I can get help from this
Yours sincerely.
Yes Abdelkader,
You are eligible
My wife and I are both retired on state pension I also get private pensions.
I receive PIPs.
Can I claim attendance allowance if so would it affect our pensions?
DAVE.
I have Been receiving DLA for many years with the mobility component. I was born in 1948. I am wondering if I will be left on DLA. Get transfered to PIP or be given the attendance allowance. It’s a great worry not knowing what is going to happen.
Linda YOU SHOULD BE ON PIP AND IF YOU ARE YOU CAN KEEP CLAIMING IT AFTER RETIREMENT
They said if your born before 1959 you can now apply for attendance allowance.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that state pensioners born before 1959 can now apply for in Attendance Allowance through a new online application process. This benefit, worth £434 per payment period, is available to those who need extra support due to a disability or health condition
I am 72 I’m severely disabled and recieve PIP this is helpful upto a point. I get the higher rate mobility and care and was always told I can’t claim attendance allowance. I this still the case?
Yes Robert that is still the case the govt doesn’t make it clear that attendance allowance is for people over retirement . Who don’t have pip which you get after retirement if you claimed pip before retirement
Where is the application form
Hello Karyn,
You can contact here:
Attendance Allowance helpline
Telephone: 0800 731 0122
Textphone: 0800 731 0317
Thank you
All very nice, can I make a claim.
Does this payment affect any other payments I receive ie: private pension/ state pension?