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Attendance Allowance is a non-contributory Social Security benefit paid to elderly disabled people in the United Kingdom. [1] It was introduced in the National Insurance (Old Persons' and Widows' Pension and Attendance Allowance) Act 1970 . [ 2 ]
File:The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1992 (UKSI 1992-703).pdf
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Constant Attendance Allowance is paid to people who receive Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit and who are classed as 100% disabled. [ 3 ] Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is paid to people who have become disabled as a result of an illness or injury caused by work or while completing vocational training. [ 4 ]
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.
UK Government welfare expenditure 2011–12 [20] Benefit Expenditure (£bn) State pension: £74.2 Housing Benefit: £16.9 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
The benefit was established by the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, integrating the former benefits Mobility Allowance and Attendance Allowance and introducing two additional lower rates of benefit. Prior to 2013 it could be claimed by UK residents aged under sixty five years.
Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.