Question follow-through · 87025
Attendance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there has been a change in guidance for decision makers looking at Attendance Allowance applications in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there has been a change in guidance for decision makers looking at Attendance Allowance applications in the last 12 months.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
Attendance Allowance guidance is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure it reflects current policy and operational processes.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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