Martin Lewis says pensioners get extra £109 a week | European Markets

Cash professional Martin Lewis says state pensioners can get an further £109 per week from the Division of Work and Pensions in the event that they meet one of 4 or more circumstances.

Talking on The Martin Lewis Cash Present Dwell on ITV1 and ITVX, the financial guru urged pensioners who’re ‘ill or disabled’ to make sure they’re getting an underclaimed benefit known as Attendance Allowance.

The DWP benefit might offer you up to £108.55 per week and it’s not means-tested.

That implies that regardless of how a lot income you’ve gotten, how a lot you’ve gotten in financial savings or what else you own, you’ll nonetheless be eligible for the total benefit value up to about £6,000 a yr in money funds from the DWP.

Martin advised his ITV viewers: “This is for disabled or ill people of state pension age, we need to collectively work together to spread word on this one.

“Most importantly, Attendance Allowance is not means tested, they do not look at your means or how much money you’ve got.

“You’re either entitled to it or not entitled to it regardless of finances.

“It is for those who need help with daily living. Both mental and physical conditions.

“For those who are already on Personal Independence Payments or Disability Living Allowance, you get more, you can’t have both, you don’t wanna claim this. This is for everyone else.

“So let’s look at the amounts. If you need help during the day or in the night, but not both, is the lower rate, £73 a week, so just under £4,000 a year.

“If you need help during the day and at night, that’s the higher rate, £109 a week, just under £6,000 a year.

“Now to be eligible for Attendance Allowance, you must have needed help for six consecutive months.

“This is crucially important. You must have NEEDED help, not have got help. There are many people out there who need help but haven’t got help, which is why Attendance Allowance is there.

“So it is about the need, not the actuality of what happens.”

Martin then defined that to be eligible, there may be a precedent set in law which defines the type of help that’s prone to warrant claiming the benefit and end in you being paid the money.

He added: “What defines help? Well the first one is help with daily living, and a famous old judge… in 1981 defined this and it still fits for today.

“This is help with bodily functions including breathing, hearing, seeing, eating, drinking, walking, sitting, sleeping, getting in or out of bed, dressing, undressing, eliminating waste products and the like.

“All of which an ordinary person who is not suffering from any disabilities does for himself.

“That is the definition of help which is needed.

“You can see the broad range of people who this would impact.”

Martin then listed 4 circumstances which might be prone to qualify, including: “This is common for people with Parkinson’s, or physical disabilities, dementia or terminal illness and more.

“You can apply on someone else’s behalf as long as they are capable of understanding or you can sign it for them if you have Power of Attorney.”