The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently shared details of a new ‘private beta trial’ for Attendance Allowance claimants. The service is currently only being offered to 60 people each week who start a new claim for the State Pension age disability benefit through certain channels.
DWP Minister for Disabled People Tom Pursglove MP outlined in a written response to Labour MP Seema Malhotra, that the current split is “25 claimants via Age UK, 25 claimants who have called the helpline in Great Britain and 10 claimants who have called the helpline in Northern Ireland”.
Mr Pursglove explained: “Invites are being offered to anyone who meets the current scope of the private beta, until a daily limit is reached. The daily limits are five per day at Age UK, five per day for the Great Britain helpline and two per day for the Northern Ireland helpline.”
