Attendance allowance

mickamike404

Hellow all
We are pensioners and we have applied for A.A my Wife
If you are granted A.A. at high/low rate, are you entitled
to apply for a motability car.
Thank you.

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Indie_Kid

There's no mobility component within AA. You need the mobility component (higher) to get a mobility car.

krisskross

mickamike404 wrote: »

Hellow all
We are pensioners and we have applied for A.A my Wife
If you are granted A.A. at high/low rate, are you entitled
to apply for a motability car.
Thank you.

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Fraid not and no carers allowance either if you are getting a pension. I think you get a bit extra if you get Pension Credit.

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

Fraid not and no carers allowance either if you are getting a pension. I think you get a bit extra if you get Pension Credit.

If you have an underlying entitlement to carers allowance, you get the £30.05 premium on top of pension credit.

KxMx

Only with DLA can you get Motability, and that's for under 65's. Very unfair I know.

Tally-Ho_2

KxMx wrote: »

Only with DLA can you get Motability, and that's for under 65's. Very unfair I know.

Unless one can claim War Pensioners Mobility Supplement which can be awarded at any age and also gives access to the Motability scheme.

Tally

mickamike404

Sorry everyone,when i said we are getting a pension as we are both over 65 i ment state pension credit,
we do not get any other pension.
As i am a ex serviceman,9yrs service plus 12yrs Reserve, what is War Pensioners Mobility Supplement,and
who qualifies for it. (Thankfully i did not recieve any injury's during my service years)

Mike

Tally-Ho_2

mickamike404 wrote: »

As i am a ex serviceman,9yrs service plus 12yrs Reserve, what is War Pensioners Mobility Supplement,and
who qualifies for it. (Thankfully i did not recieve any injury's during my service years)

Mike

Hi,

War Pensioners Mobility Supplement is payable to those who receive a War Disablement Pension of at least 40% disablement and due to the accepted War Disablement cannot walk or are virtually unable to walk, or are both 80% deaf and blind.

Tally

sleepless_saver

If your wife is successful in her AA claim, do let the pension credit people know. If you are not already getting full council tax benefit (and, if renting, housing benefit) then let the council know too. It will mean you get additional benefits as well as the AA.

Mojisola

If she's successful, you can apply for Carer's Allowance. You won't get the full amount as you have a pension but you will receive some extra money.

Some people think that AA can only be spent on care but you can spend it on whatever you want so, if you want to put it towards getting a suitable car, you can.

krisskross

Mojisola wrote: »

If she's successful, you can apply for Carer's Allowance. You won't get the full amount as you have a pension but you will receive some extra money.

My husband is in receipt of high rate AA. There is no carer's allowance payable to anyone claiming retirement pension. You can't have both.

I believe there will be an additional entitlement if pension credit is being claimed.