Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2019/20Part 5: Other benefits Chapter 28: Disability living allowance
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Chapter 28: Disability living allowance
This chapter covers:
1. Disability living allowance mobility component (here)
2. Disability living allowance care component here
3. The rules about your age (here)
4. People included in the claim (here)
5. The amount of benefit here
6. Special benefit rules here
7. Claims and backdating here
8. Getting paid here
9. Tax, other benefits and the benefit cap here
New claims for disability living allowance (DLA) can only be made for children under 16. People aged between 16 and pension age who have a disability can claim personal independence payment (PIP) (see Chapter 35). When a child who gets DLA turns 16, s/he is usually invited to claim PIP (see here).
If you are 16 or over but were under 65 on 8 April 2013 and were already getting DLA, you will be invited to claim PIP (see here).
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