Question follow-through · 35531
Attendance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will review the name of the Attendance Allowance.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will review the name of the Attendance Allowance.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
There are no plans to change the name of Attendance Allowance in England and Wales. Attendance Allowance is a devolved matter in Scotland. The Scottish Government is currently replacing it with Pension Age Disability Payment.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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