What is Attendance Allowance?
'''Attendance Allowance''' is a [[Social Security]] benefit for [[Disability|disabled]] people in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was started in 1970. To get it people must show that they need help or have difficulty in connection with their bodily functions or need to be looked after all the time. Bodily functions are things that most people would do for themselves; they do not include things like cooking, housework or getting food.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ogus |first1=A |last2=Barendt |first2=E M |title=The Law of Social Security |date=1988 |publisher=Butterworths |location=London |isbn=0406063370 |page=3 |edition=3}}</ref> From 1992 people below pension age had to claim [[Disability Living Allowance]] instead. From April 2023 the amount is: * Higher rate: £101.75 per week for day and night care, or [[terminal illness]]. * Basic rate: £68.10 per week for day or night care.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allonby|first=Robert|date=2023-03-30|title=Attendance Allowance|url=https://www.universalcredit.co.uk/attendance-allowance/|access-date=2023-03-30|website=universalcredit.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=2023-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330181854/https://www.universalcredit.co.uk/attendance-allowance/|url-status=dead}}</ref> People who get Attendance Allowance may get increased [[Means test|means tested]] benefits. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Social security in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Disability]] [[Category:Old age]]