Children's Handbook Scotland 2020/21Chapter 1: Benefits and tax credits2. Attendance allowance Who can get attendance allowance
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Who can get attendance allowance
You qualify for AA if you:1s64 SSCBA 1992; reg 2 SS(AA) Regs
    •have reached pension age when you first claim. People aged between 16 and pension age may be able to claim personal independence payment (see here) and children aged under 16 may be able to claim disability living allowance (DLA) (see here); and
    •satisfy certain UK residence and presence conditions and are not a ‘person subject to immigration control’. See CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook for details; and
    •satisfy the disability test (see here); and
    •have satisfied the disability test for the last six months (unless you are terminally ill).
 
1     s64 SSCBA 1992; reg 2 SS(AA) Regs »
Disability test
You get either a lower or a higher rate of AA. The disability conditions for the lower rate are the same as for the middle rate care component of DLA (see here). The conditions for the higher rate are the same as for the highest rate care component of DLA (see here).