{"id":105806,"date":"2025-03-11T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=105806"},"modified":"2025-03-11T01:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T01:19:57","slug":"pensioners-health-conditions-due-up-to-1362","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/pensioners-health-conditions-due-up-to-1362\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners with Health Conditions Due Up to \u00a31,362 Per Month Under New Support Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Millions of UK pensioners will receive a State Pension boost and higher Attendance Allowance payments from April 7, 2025, as part of the annual benefits uprating. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/money\/state-pension-attendance-allowance-payments-34829354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Record<\/a>, nearly 1.7 million pensioners will see their payments rise by up to \u00a31,362 per month, helping to cover living costs for those with disabilities and long-term health conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Much Will State Pension Payments Increase?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The New State Pension<\/strong> will rise by 4.1%, meaning eligible pensioners will see their weekly payments increase from \u00a3221.20 to \u00a3230.25. Since payments are made every four weeks, this results in a total monthly amount of \u00a3921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those on the <strong>Basic State Pension<\/strong>, weekly payments will increase from \u00a3169.50 to \u00a3176.45, bringing the total four-week payment to \u00a3705.80. Over the course of the year, these increases will add an extra \u00a3473.60 for New State Pension recipients and \u00a3361.40 for those on the Basic State Pension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, not all of the 4.1 million pensioners receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/dwp-state-pension-rise-in-april-new-rates\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"105534\">State Pension <\/a>will qualify for the full amount, as payments depend on National Insurance contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Attendance Allowance and PADP Payment Increases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendance Allowance, which supports pensioners with disabilities or long-term health conditions, will increase by <strong>1.7%<\/strong>. Payments will rise as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lower rate: Increasing from \u00a372.65 to \u00a373.90 per week (\u00a3295.60 per four-week period).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher rate: Increasing from \u00a3108.55 to \u00a3110.40 per week (\u00a3441.60 per four-week period).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase could add up to \u00a35,740 annually to the incomes of eligible claimants, helping with daily living costs and independent living expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who Can Claim Attendance Allowance or PADP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendance Allowance is available for people of State Pension age who require help with personal care or supervision due to a disability or long-term illness. In Scotland, the benefit is being replaced by Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP), which will be fully introduced by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although <strong>Attendance Allowance<\/strong> does not include a mobility component, it helps with expenses related to personal care, home adaptations, and daily support services. Claimants can use the money however they choose, whether for hiring a carer, covering household bills, or arranging transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DWP and Social Security Scotland have confirmed that the increases will be automatically applied, so recipients do not need to take any action to receive the higher payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pensioners with health conditions could receive up to \u00a31,362 per month from State Pension and Attendance Allowance as new rates roll out in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retirement","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105807,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105806\/revisions\/105807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}