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Bristol Post
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Linda Howard, Rachel Pugh, Elliot Ball & Shashana Brown

Asthma sufferers could be eligible to claim £152 per week from DWP

People suffering from asthma or other respiratory conditions are being urged to look into Personal Independence Payments (PIP) as they may be eligible to claim as much as £152-a-week from the government.

PIP is paid every four weeks and can amount to between £97.80 and £627.60 every payment period. Recent figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) found that nearly 2.9 million people across the UK were claiming support through PIP at the end of January 2022.

This data also found just over one in three claimants (35 per cent) received the highest level of award. The new data also indicates an increase in the number of people now receiving support for 24 types of respiratory conditions including asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Sleep apnoea, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia.

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