DWP Attendance Allowance 2027 rate increase, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): The Department for Work and Pensions will increase Attendance Allowance for 2027 as part of a series of benefit upratings intended to help recipients cope with the cost of living. Claimants could receive at least £79 a week from next spring.
The uprated rates start in April. The lower rate will rise from £76.70 to £79.40, and the higher rate will increase from £114.60 to £118.60.
The increases reflect a 3.5 per cent uprating linked to inflation.
Attendance Allowance is a non-means-tested benefit for people who have reached State Pension age and have a disability or illness that makes it difficult for them to look after themselves. The amount received depends on how much help the person needs.
Recipients can spend the money as they choose, and it could help them remain independent in their own homes for longer. Citizens Advice said the benefit is not means-tested, so other income does not affect it, and there is no savings limit.
It will not affect the State Pension, and claimants may still claim while working and earning.
Citizens Advice noted that applicants must complete a long claim form. It advised claimants who find the form daunting to seek help from an adviser rather than be deterred from applying.
In a statement to Parliament, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the new rates will apply in the 2027-28 tax year and will mainly take effect from 12 April 2027. He added that other state pension and benefit rates covered by his statutory review will also rise by 3.5 per cent, in line with the increase in the consumer prices index in the year to September 2026.
