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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a social security benefit in the United Kingdom paid to eligible claimants who have personal care and/or mobility needs as a ...
Those currently claiming Disability Living Allowance and who were born before 8 April 1948 can continue to claim their Disability Living Allowance. [4] To claim Attendance Allowance, claimants must be in Great Britain or Northern Ireland when they claim - although there are some exceptions to this for members and family members of the Armed Forces.
The Mobility Allowance – now called the mobility component of PIP, formerly Disability Living Allowance – introduced by the government in 1976 was formulated to give people help regardless of ability to drive. It also signalled the government's commitment to giving disabled people choice in the form of a cash allowance, rather than imposing ...
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The claimant must be caring for a person who gets Disability Living Allowance (middle or higher rate for personal care), Attendance Allowance or Constant Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment daily living component or Armed Forces Independence Payment and must care for them for at least 35 hours during the week.
Disability Living Allowance: £12.6 Pension Credit: £8.1 Income Support: £6.9 Rent rebates: £5.5 Attendance Allowance: £5.3 Jobseeker's allowance: £4.9 Incapacity Benefit: £4.9 Council Tax Benefit: £4.8 Others: £4.7 Employment and Support Allowance: £3.6 Statutory Sick/Maternity pay: £2.5 Social Fund: £2.4 Carer's allowance: £1.7 ...
PIP was introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (which have been repeatedly amended). It began to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for new claims from 8 April 2013, by means of an initial pilot in selected areas of north-west and north-east England.