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You’re over State Pension age (if you’re under, you might be eligible for Personal Independence Payment instead). • You have any type of disability or illness (physical or mental). • Your disability or ... your eligibility. If you’re already claiming Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment, you’ll continue to get these after you reach State Pension age. If you’ve been asked to claim AA
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Habitual Residence Test 3 2.2 Ordinary residence 4 3 Finance 5 3.1 State Pensions and Winter Fuel Payments 5 3.2 Means-tested benefits 6 3.3 Disability benefits and Carer’s Allowance 6 4 Housing 7 4.1 Social ... uk/en/everyday-money/banking/how-to-openswitch-or-close-your-bank-account 3.1 State Pensions and Winter Fuel Payments The UK State Pension is based on your National Insurance contributions and credits. If you paid
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entitlements Winter Fuel Payment This is a non-means tested payment from the UK Government to help with heating costs. Most pensioner households will be able to receive it. The payment is £200 if you are under ... you’ll usually get less if you live with other people who also qualify. Cold Weather Payment Cold Weather Payments are paid when there’s very cold weather in the area where you live. This is defined by
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to about this consultation assumed that the total costs of their care fees would be metered, that payments for low levels of care would count and that once they reached the cap their fees would be met in ... Authorities. However, there is also an inequity built into the market as a result of Local Authority payments for care being frozen or reduced over recent years, forcing some care providers to make up the difference
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stages over a longer period of time. Welfare benefits may also be able to help you meet your rent payments – see section 6 below. If you are already – or in danger of becoming – in debt via rent arrears ... generally lower in this sector already. However, welfare benefits may be able to help you meet your rent payments – see section 6 below. If you are already – or in danger of becoming – in debt via rent arrears
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left many women waiting longer for their State Pension with little time to plan. The Winter Fuel Payment and the bus pass make an important difference to the lives of many older people on low and modest ... reduce support, for example abandoning the triple lock or removing benefits such as Winter Fuel Payments, could see poverty rates rise again. 6. In terms of overall income levels, since the mid-1990s
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supermarket; 14% to a post office; 12% to their doctor’s surgery; and 25% to their local hospital 326 57% of rural households are within 13 minutes’ walk of an hourly or better bus service 327 28% ... s-and-benefits-September2014.pdf 325 National Travel Survey 2010, Department for Transport, 2011 326 TNS Agenda for Later Life survey for Age UK, 2013 327 Housing in England 2007-08: A report based on
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people, and their families, clarity over their entitlement to support. AA provides a flexible cash payment that can be used in a way that meets individuals’ needs and promotes independent living. In line ... should be central to all national policy for older people. Effectively, AA is the original direct payment for disabled older people and taking away future access to this cash allowance payable as a national
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For Attendance Allowance: Tel: 0800 731 0122 Textphone: 0800 731 0317. For Personal Independence Payment: Tel: 0800 121 4433 Textphone: 0800 121 4493. In Northern Ireland, contact the Disability and Carers ... 030 9322 www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme. Winter Fuel Payment Centre. Government-run information line for the Winter Fuel Payment, providing information on how to claim and guidance on reporting
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Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance 13 5.2 Pension Credit 14 6 When temporary care ... “means any mortgage repayments, payments of rent or ground rent, council tax [and most] service charges”7. The Welsh Government’s Code of Practice also mentions “fixed payments [such as] building insurance
