The Department for Work and Pensions has named 57 health conditions that qualify you for £441 payment. The DWP’s Attendance Allowance is given to those whose disability is severe enough to necessitate care from another person.

If you’re physically or mentally disabled, or of state pension age or older, you might be eligible for this payment. Like other benefits, the attendance allowance saw an increase in April. Last November, them DWP and government announced that state benefits would rise by 1.7% from April.

This means that from April 2025, if you’re eligible, you have more money available. The perk is a benefit provided if your disability is so severe that you need someone else’s help for care. It’s paid at two different rates, and the amount you receive depends on the extent of extra care you need.

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It isn’t based on your income or savings, and it doesn’t cover mobility needs. However, other benefits you’re currently receiving could see a boost if you qualify. The lower rate is granted if you need frequent help or constant supervision during the day, or supervision at night.

The higher rate is given if you require assistance or supervision both day and night, or if a healthcare professional has suggested that your life expectancy might be less than 12 months.

For the 2025/26 financial year, the Attendance Allowance rates are £110.40 per week for the higher rate and £73.90 per week for the lower rate. Payments are made every four weeks, totalling approximately £441 over a four-week period.

What health conditions could qualify you for attendance allowance?

Back pain – other/precise diagnosis not specified

Disease of the muscles, bones or joints

Visual disorders and diseases

Respiratory disorders and diseases

Peripheral vascular disease

Traumatic paraplegia/tetraplegia

Major trauma other than traumatic paraplegia/tetraplegia

Inflammatory bowel disease

Bowel and stomach disease

Multiple allergy syndrome

Severely mentally impaired

Total parenteral nutrition

Infectious diseases: viral disease – Covid-19

Infectious diseases: viral disease – precise diagnosis not specified

Infectious diseases: bacterial disease – tuberculosis

Infectious diseases: bacterial disease – precise diagnosis not specified

Infectious diseases: protozoal disease – malaria

Infectious diseases: protozoal disease – other/precise diagnosis not specified

Infectious diseases – other / precise diagnosis not specified

Cognitive disorder – other / precise diagnosis not specified