Policy 11 - Constant Attendance Allowance (Northern Ireland)
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Published: March 30, 2021
Archived
This policy, specifically for Northern Ireland, has been archived but is available for reference purposes.
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Version: 2.0
Last Amended: 30 March 2021
Next Review Date: 31 March 2022
1.0 Background
Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA) is paid as part of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or War Disablement Pension. A person cannot also get Attendance Allowance (AA), the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) unless it is higher than the CAA. In that case they will get CAA and may get the balance of the other benefit.
2.0 Policy
Group 1 recipients of ILF Scotland who receive CAA can continue to receive ILF Scotland funding providing the rate of CAA is either equal to or greater than the rate of Constant Attendance Allowance that they were entitled to on 1st October 2007.
Group 2 recipients of ILF Scotland who receive CAA can continue to receive ILF Scotland funding providing the rate is equal to or greater than the higher rate care component (HRCC) of DLA.
3.0 Procedure
Where the candidate is in receipt of Constant Attendance Allowance, the lesser of half of the amount of CAA received or ½ higher rate DLA is regarded as being available towards the cost of the assessed care (i.e. is included within the available income calculation). Any remainder of the CAA is disregarded.
4.0 Cross References
Policy 21 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
