Free prescriptions to Attendance Allowance: Pensioners can get hundreds extra a month | Personal Finance | Finance
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – daily living component
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – the middle or highest care rate
- Attendance Allowance
- Constant Attendance Allowance at or above the normal maximum rate with an Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Constant Attendance Allowance at the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- Child Disability Payment – the middle or highest care rate
- Adult Disability Payment – daily living component.
The claimant must have been in England, Scotland or Wales for at least two of the last three years, must not be in full-time education, and cannot be studying for 21 hours a week or more.
They have to also be living in England, Scotland or Wales and earn £132 or less a week after tax, National Insurance, and expenses.
Currently, Carer’s Allowance is paid at £69.70 per week for April 2022 to 2023 and is usually paid every four weeks. Like with Attendance Allowance, the rate will rise by 10.1 percent to £76.75 a week from April this year, equivalent to £332 a month.
However, it should be noted that claiming Carer’s Allowance means the person cared for will usually stop receiving the severe disability premium paid with their benefits, as well as the extra amount for severe disability paid with Pension Credit. It may also stop them from getting reduced council tax.
To check the impact that Carer’s Allowance might have on the severe disability payment, claimants are advised to contact whoever pays this benefit, which is usually the person’s local council, Jobcentre Plus, the Pension Service Helpline, or Universal Credit.
If people think they are eligible to claim, they can start an application on the Government website here, or they can call 0800 731 0297 for a form.
Health benefits
Britons aged over 60 are entitled to free prescriptions from the NHS, as well as free eyesight tests.
