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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 ]
Severe Disablement Allowance. Council Tax support and free school meals do not count towards the benefit cap. Families in receipt of working tax credits are exempt from the cap, as are pensioners and claimants of certain other disability benefits (including Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance).
Attendance Allowance; Carer's allowance; Constant Attendance Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes) Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim) Disability Living Allowance; Incapacity Benefit at the long-term rate
Attendance Allowance was introduced by Alf Morris in 1970. The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, integrated Mobility Allowance and Attendance Allowance into a new benefit Disability Living Allowance for people under 65. Disability Living Allowance has been replaced, for people over 16, by Personal Independence Payment.
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 ]
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.
In 2009–2010 the DWP stated £1.95 billion job-seekers allowance, £2 billion income support and employment and support allowance, £2.4 billion in council tax, £2.8 billion in pension credit and £3.1 billion for housing benefit; in total £12.25 billion had not been claimed. [43]
Australians who are temporarily unable to work due to illness, injury or a short-term disability may be eligible for Sickness Allowance. [5] Sickness Allowance pays less than the DSP; as of 1 January 2009, single recipients were entitled to a basic rate of A$449.30 per fortnight and couples A$405.30 for each person. [ 6 ]