If you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Disablement Pension, and you need daily care and attention because of a disability, you can claim Constant Attendance Allowance.

There are 4 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.

There are 4 different rates of Constant Attendance Allowance. How much you get depends on the extent of your disability and the amount of care you need.

If you get the ‘exceptional rate’ or ‘intermediate rate’, you may also get Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance.

For advice, contact your regional Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centre. War pension cases can contact the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) helpline.

How you’re paid

All benefits, pensions and allowances are paid into an account, eg a bank account.

If your circumstances change

Report any change of circumstances to your regional Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centre - it could affect how much you get. For example, if you or the person you claim for needs more help, goes into hospital or moves abroad.

War pension cases can contact the SPVA:

SPVA helpline
www.veterans-uk.info
veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0800 169 2277
Calling from abroad: +44 (0)1253 866043
Textphone: 0800 169 3458
Monday to Thursday, 8:15am to 5:15pm
Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm
Find out about call charges

You must be claiming one of the following:

• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
• War Disablement Pension

If you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB)

To claim you must:

• need daily care and attention - eg home nursing or help with preparing or eating food
• be 100% disabled (based on a medical examination)

Your entitlement to Constant Attendance Allowance will automatically be considered at the time of your medical examination for IIDB if a 100% assessment of your disability is being considered.

Contact your regional Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centre for more advice.

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centres

Scotland, North West England, East of England, South East England and London

Barrow Benefit Centre
Post Handling Site B
Wolverhampton
WV99 1RX

Telephone: 0845 603 1358
Textphone: 0845 608 8551

Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England, East and West Midlands, South West England and Wales

Barnsley IIDB Centre
Mail Handling Site A
Wolverhampton
WV98 1SY

Telephone: 0845 758 5433
Textphone: 0845 608 8551

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% or more

Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
www.veterans-uk.info
veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0800 169 2277
Calling from outside the UK: + 44 (0)1253 866043
Textphone: 0800 169 3458
Monday to Thursday, 8:15am to 5:15pm
Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm
Find out about call charges

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% assessment of your disability is being considered.

Contact your regional Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centre for more information.

For war pension cases

To claim for war pension cases, ask the Service and Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) for claim form WPA 0003 (CAA).

SPVA helpline
veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0800 169 2277
From outside the UK: + 44 (0)1253 866043
Textphone: 0800 169 3458
Monday to Thursday, 8:15am to 5:15pm
Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm
Find out about call charges

If you disagree with a decision

If you don’t agree with a decision about your Constant Attendance Allowance you can ask for it to be reconsidered.

Contact your regional Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit centre for more information.

If you don’t agree with a decision about your Constant Attendance Allowance and get a war pension you can appeal to SPVA.