topic Attendance allowance in Account & Billing

Attendance allowance

Michael+Xd — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:38:46 GMT

Can I ask for a reduction in the bill for claiming attendance allowance?

Re: Attendance allowance

Mark39 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:41:19 GMT

AA doesn't qualify you for Sky's social tariffs, but any customer can seek a discount.

Re: Attendance allowance

caesarome — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:41:38 GMT

@Michael+Xd

We are customers here so what is "attendance allowance" ?

Re: Attendance allowance

Mark39 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:43:03 GMT

@caesarome wrote:

@Michael+Xd

We are customers here so what is "attendance allowance" ?

(It's a DWP benefit.)

Re: Attendance allowance

TimmyBGood — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:32:38 GMT

@Michael+Xd

Qualifying benefits for the Social Tariff Broadband & Talk product (not subscription television) are:

Universal Credit (UC)

Pension Credit (PC)

Income-based Employment Support Allowance (I-ESA)

Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (I-JSA)

Income Support (IS)

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-social-tariff

Re: Attendance allowance

TimmyBGood — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:33:53 GMT

@caesarome

https://www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance

Re: Attendance allowance

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:47:24 GMT

@Michael+Xd Social tariffs are aimed at households struggling financially, which is why the list of qualifying benefits are all means-tested.

Attendance Allowance is not a means-tested benefit, which is why, I suspect, it doesn't qualify you for a social tariff.

Re: Attendance allowance

TimmyBGood — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:10:25 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

@Michael+Xd

Attendance Allowance is not a means-tested benefit, which is why, I suspect, it doesn't qualify you for a social tariff.

I think that's correct: in addition the qualifying benefit has to be one where DWP enables external commercial organisations to do an electronic look-up to verify receipt.