Benefits and financial support
Identify the correct official benefit route and the next evidence task.
Keep the relevant UK context with these pages
These choices only add context to the shareable page address. All sections remain in the delivered HTML, and no choice is an eligibility, entitlement or personalised-advice result.
No preference has been applied. The full page remains visible.
Choose nation and age band first
Disability-cost benefits differ by nation, and the usual route changes when a person reaches State Pension age.
Important limit: The selector does not ask for a date of birth, check State Pension age or decide eligibility.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- PIP overview — GOV.UK. Personal Independence Payment: what PIP is for.
- Scotland Adult Disability Payment — mygov.scot. Adult Disability Payment.
- Northern Ireland PIP — nidirect. Personal Independence Payment.
- Attendance Allowance — GOV.UK. Attendance Allowance.
- Pension Age Disability Payment — mygov.scot. Pension Age Disability Payment.
- Northern Ireland Attendance Allowance — nidirect. Attendance Allowance.
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Correction route: Report changed or inaccurate information without including personal health information.
The diagnosis is not the entitlement test
PIP, ADP and Northern Ireland PIP use scheme-specific functional criteria. FND is neither an automatic award nor an automatic refusal.
Important limit: This guide provides no points, likely descriptor, entitlement result or award estimate.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- PIP overview — GOV.UK. Personal Independence Payment: what PIP is for.
- PIP assessment guide — Department for Work and Pensions. PIP assessment guide, part 1: the assessment process.
- Scotland Adult Disability Payment — mygov.scot. Adult Disability Payment.
- Northern Ireland PIP — nidirect. Personal Independence Payment.
- PIP Regulations 2013 — Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/377.
- Adult Disability Payment Regulations — Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022, SSI 2022/54.
- Northern Ireland PIP Regulations — Personal Independence Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, SR 2016 No. 217.
Pension-age disability support uses different routes
Attendance Allowance is the usual disability-cost route in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland uses Pension Age Disability Payment.
Important limit: Age, residence, care needs and transition rules are individual; the site does not test them.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Attendance Allowance — GOV.UK. Attendance Allowance.
- Pension Age Disability Payment — mygov.scot. Pension Age Disability Payment.
- Northern Ireland Attendance Allowance — nidirect. Attendance Allowance.
Income and work-limitation support is separate
Universal Credit health routes and New Style ESA address different financial and work-capability questions from disability-cost benefits.
Important limit: Means testing, contributions, work, SSP and other awards can interact and need an individual check.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Universal Credit health route — GOV.UK. Universal Credit if you have a health condition or disability.
- New Style ESA — GOV.UK. New Style Employment and Support Allowance.
- Northern Ireland ESA — nidirect. Employment and Support Allowance.
- Northern Ireland Universal Credit — nidirect. Universal Credit.
Carer support also differs by nation
Carer's Allowance, Carer Support Payment and Carer's Credit have different purposes and conditions.
Important limit: Caring for someone with FND does not establish entitlement by itself.
Sources and review information
Status: Owner released - source checked
Evidence check: Mapped to checked master-register claims
Jurisdiction: UK by nation
Last checked: 2026-07-15
Review trigger: Recheck quarterly, immediately before release, and when an official source changes
Prepared by: Project editorial team
Owner release date: 2026-07-22
Independent review: Not independently reviewed
Corrections: Use the site correction route without including personal health information.
- Carer's Allowance overview — GOV.UK. Carer's Allowance: overview.
- Carer's Allowance eligibility — GOV.UK. Carer's Allowance: eligibility.
- Scotland carer benefits — mygov.scot. How carer benefits in Scotland work. Updated 5 April 2026.
- Carer's Credit — GOV.UK. Carer's Credit.
- Northern Ireland Carer's Allowance — nidirect. Carer's Allowance.