Disability Carers Services

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Disability Carers Services

• Disability Benefit Centres
• Disability Living Allowance
• Attendance Allowance
• Carers Allowance

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Disability Benefit Centre (DBC) Locations
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Useful Contact Numbers

• Disability Benefits Helpline 0845 7123456
• Text phone [phone]
• Benefit Enquiry Line 0800 882200
• Text phone - 0800 243355
• Carers Allowance 01253 856123
• Text phone [phone]

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Useful Addresses

• Carers Allowance
• Preston
• Palatine House
• Lancaster Road
• Preston
• PR1 1HB

• Disability Benefit
• Centre (DBC)
• Blackpool
• Warbreck House
• Warbreck Hill Road
• Blackpool
• FY2 0UZ

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)Facts and
Figures

• 409,083 claims nationally in 2006/07
• 34,090 claims per calendar month
• Wembley DBC claims in 2006/07 - 66,446
• 2,696 claims per calendar month
• Success rate for DLA claims is around 43
• Turn around on average 2 weeks
• (if all information received correctly for
  decision)

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• DLA provides financial support for those who
  have care and mobility needs, whether they work
  or not
• Tax free
• Non-contributory
• Non-income based
• Not taken into account when calculating
  entitlement to other benefits
• At the time of claiming the customer must be
  under minimum pension age

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• Care Component
• Have needed help with personal care for at least
  3 months and
• Be likely to go on needing this help for at least
  another 6 months
• Personal care means help with things such as
  washing, dressing eating, getting to and using
  the toilet
• Needing supervision eg your medical needs, diet,
  protect you from danger

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• Mobility Component
• Unable or virtually unable to walk
• need supervision, guidance when walking outdoors
• Blind or deaf
• Had walking difficulties for at least 3 months
• Be likely to go on needing this help for at
  least another 6 months

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• Made up of 2 components
• Care component payable at 3 different rates for
  people who need help with personal care
• Mobility component payable at 2 different rates
  for people who have difficulty in getting around

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

• Care Component
• Highest rate 64.50
• Middle rate 43.15
• Lowest rate 17.10
• Mobility Component
• Higher rate 45.00
• Lower rate 17.10

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Attendance Allowance (AA)Facts and Figures

• 346,864 claims nationally in 2006/07
• 28,905 claims per calendar month
• Wembley DBC claims in 2006/07 58,475
• 4,873 claims per calendar month
• Success rate for AA claims is around 77
• Turn around on average 2 weeks
• (if all information received correctly for
  decision)

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Attendance Allowance (AA)

• Customer must
• Be aged 65 or over and
• Be severely disabled either mentally or
  physically and
• Have needed care for at least 6 months or
• Be terminally ill and apply under the Special
  Rules
• Require help with bodily functions
• - frequently during the day or
• - at frequent intervals or for a long period
  during the night

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Attendance Allowance (AA)

• The amount of care and attention required
• determines which of the 2 rates of AA are
• appropriate
• Not taken into account for any other benefit
• However the award of AA may increase the rate of
  Pension Credit if they have no one to look after
  them or have a carer

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Attendance Allowance (AA)

• Lower Rate
• Help with personal care or supervision
  frequently throughout the day or night
• someone with you when you are on dialysis

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Attendance Allowance (AA)

• Higher Rate
• Help with personal care or supervision
  throughout the day and also during the night
• Special rules for those terminally ill eg cancer
  and not expected to live another 6 months

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Attendance Allowance (AA)

• Attendance Allowance rates
• Higher Rate 64.50
• Lower Rate 43.15

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Carers Allowance (CA)

• Non-contributory
• Non-means tested taxable entitlement
• Caring for a Disabled Person (DP) for at least 35
  hours a week
• DP in receipt of Attendance Allowance, Constant
  Attendance Allowance (at higher rate) or
  Disability Living Allowance (high or middle rate
  care component)

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Carers Allowance (CA)

• Cannot earn more than the current earnings limit
  after allowable expenses - 87.00
• Cannot be in Full-Time Education (FTE) 21 hours
  or more supervised study each week
• A customer must be aged 16 over over
• Be ordinarily resident in Great Britain
• Have a British Passport or not be subject any
  conditions on their right to reside in Great
  Britain

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Carers Allowance (CA)

• Carers Allowance Rate
• Weekly rate - 48.65