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People of State Pension age with joint pain could be due up to £369 each month

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The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance.

Across the UK, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

The data also revealed that 62 per cent of Attendance Allowance claimants in Scotland are female and 38 per cent are male. Of those receiving payments for the benefit delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), some 59 per cent are aged over 80.

The most common disabling condition - an umbrella term used by the DWP to cover a multitude of health conditions - was arthritis (29%), followed by unknown (9%).

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