Martin Lewis urges more than a million pensioners to claim benefit worth at least £3,800
Money expert Martin Lewis released a new call to check whether the appropriate retirees could get thousands of pounds a year with the help of a “balanced önemli government.
The participation allowance was determined for a severe disability or health status that requires regular help for retirees aged 66 and over.
The benefit, which is managed by the Ministry of Labor and Pension (DWP), offers potentially two -year -old rates that provide an annual extra 3.842.80 or 5.644 £.
Most importantly, conformity does not depend on income or savings, that is, it will receive payment independently of the financial conditions of everyone who is entitled.
Lewis, who wrote to the followers in the latest money -saving expert bulletin, said, “For many elderly people who are sick or who have met mental or physical disability, life is not only difficult, it is more expensive.
“Therefore, we started our participation allowance and awareness campaign 18 months ago, and since then success has been inundated. Nevertheless, it is still considered greatly.”
According to the figures obtained from the policy in practice, the estimated 1.1 million retirement retirement has made benefits, that is, more awareness is needed.
A wide variety of widespread health conditions may describe a person for participation allowance, including arthritis, blindness, heart disease, Parkinson’s and asthma.
The two payment rates depend on the required maintenance level. The higher rate of £ 110.40 per week, lower rate provides £ 73,90 per week.
Although DWP states that the benefit aims to help maintenance costs, buyers are free to spend money as they wish.
How to require the participation allowance
In order to be suitable for the participation allowance, applicants are currently 66.
The application form is long, but charities such as Citizens Advice and Age UK offer support through the process and provide tips for online applications.
In order to be appropriate, a applicant should be mentally disabled or severe enough to require help for the safety of someone else or for the safety of someone else, and this assistance must be necessary for at least the last six months.
Frequent control or attention is required during daytime or night to be entitled to a lower rate. If necessary in both days, the higher rate is valid. And Night or if the individual is approaching the end of their lives.
Applicants must be in Great Britain when they claim and must be in the country in at least two of the last three years.
Representatives from DWP usually make decisions based on the information provided in the form, which requires all relevant details such as national insurance number, NHS number, prescription and hospital recordings.
This means that most of the applicants will not enter the face -to -face assessment, but “how your disability or health affects you”, DWP, in this case, states that a medical expert will take an examination.
If the individual is currently receiving personal independence payment (PIP) or disability life allowance (DLA), it is important to state that the participation allowance cannot be requested.
