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Attendance Allowance

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 39428

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many attendance allowance applications her Department has received in the last 12 months.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The number of Attendance Allowance applications received by the Department in the last 12 months (March 2024 – February 2025) was 592,545.

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