Constant Attendance Allowance
If you need daily care and attention because of a disability and you claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Disablement Pension, you can claim Constant Attendance Allowance.
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All benefits operate on different payment systems, but you will not receive your payment later than the day it would normally be due.
Who can claim
You can claim Constant Attendance Allowance if you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Disablement Pension and you need daily care and attention because of a disability.
Your carer could get Carer’s Allowance if you have a lot of caring needs.
If you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
To claim you must:
- need daily care and attention, for example, home nursing or help with preparing or eating food
- be 100 per cent disabled (based on a medical examination)
If you get a War Disablement Pension
To claim you must:
- need personal help for the same reasons that you get a war pension
- be getting a war pension of 80 per cent or more
How much you'll get
There are four different weekly rates of Constant Attendance Allowance. How much you get depends on the extent of your disability and the amount of care you need.
| Rate | Weekly amount |
|---|---|
| Exceptional rate | £177.40 |
| Intermediate rate | £133.05 |
| Normal maximum rate | £88.70 |
| Part-time rate | £44.35 |
If you get the ‘exceptional rate’ or ‘intermediate rate’, you may also get Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance.
Cost of Living Support Payment
A Cost of Living Support package has been put in place for 2022 that includes one-off payments to those on income related benefits, disabled claimants and pensioners. These payments are intended to provide support with the current rise in the cost of living.
You may be eligible for one, or more, of these Cost of Living Support Payments if you get or had started a claim for Constant Attendance Allowance on 25 May 2022.
Find out more about Cost of Living support
How to claim
For industrial injury cases
Your entitlement to Constant Attendance Allowance will automatically be considered at the time of your medical examination for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit if a 100 per cent assessment of your disability is being considered.
Contact Industrial Injuries Branch or your local Jobs and Benefits office to find out if you can get Constant Attendance Allowance.
For war pension cases
To claim for war pension cases, contact Veterans UK for claim form WPA 0003 (CAA).
How you're paid
All benefits, pensions and allowances are paid into an account, for example a bank account.
Report a change in circumstances
You, or the person who claims on your behalf, must tell the office that deals with your payments about any changes to your circumstances or personal details.
You must tell them straight away if:
- the condition for which you’re getting the benefit improves, gets worse, or you were misdiagnosed
- you change your name or gender
- you get married or form a civil partnership
- you change your address
- you change your phone number
- you change your bank details
- you leave or intend to leave the country
- you go into hospital for 28 days or longer
- you go into prison or are held in custody
- your immigration status changes, if you’re not a British or Irish citizen
- you change the person who has authority to act on your behalf
- your condition was caused by service in the UK armed forces and you get compensation from the government
There are different changes you need to report if you also get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or Reduced Earnings Allowance.