Attendance Allowance · State Pension age
Attendance Allowance refused, or on the lower rate? Get a professional reconsideration letter, in 48 hours.
A professional Attendance Allowance mandatory reconsideration letter, built from your decision letter and claim form, arguing the day and night conditions in the law. £49 flat fee. No percentage of your backpay. No hidden costs.
Refused, or given the lower rate? An MR is your first step.
If the DWP refused your Attendance Allowance, or awarded the lower rate when you need help by day and at night, a mandatory reconsideration is required before you can appeal. A different decision maker looks at your case again.
There are no points. The decision turns on two conditions in the law: help or supervision by day, and help or watching over at night. Your letter argues each one that fits, and the night decides the higher rate.
One calendar month from the date on your decision letter, not when you received it. Late requests can be accepted up to 13 months with a good reason.
Four routes, argued in one letter.
Attendance Allowance has more than one way in. We argue every one that fits your case.
Frequent attention by day
Help with bodily functions spread through the day: getting up, washing, dressing, the toilet, eating and medicines.
Continual supervision by day
Someone needed to keep an eye on you to avoid substantial danger, such as falls. The risk need not be frequent, only real.
Help during the night
Help more than once a night, or one long spell. This is the condition that decides the higher rate.
Watching over at night
Someone needing to be awake to watch over you, for a long time or at frequent intervals, to avoid danger.
One month to ask. Here’s your date.
Enter the date on your decision letter to see the last day to ask for a mandatory reconsideration.
Ask for a reconsideration by
Enter your date
One calendar month from the date on the letter, not when you got it. Late requests can be accepted up to 13 months with a good reason.
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Attendance Allowance Mandatory Reconsideration Letter
Drafted & reviewed by Neil Dhillon — former DWP decision maker
£49
Flat fee · One-time
Re: Your Attendance Allowance reconsideration letter — what’s inside.
- A fully personalised letter — built from your decision letter, your claim form and your evidence. Not a template.
- The day condition argued — frequent attention and continual supervision, under section 64(2), with the case law.
- The night condition argued — help during the night and watching over, under section 64(3), because the night decides the higher rate.
- The errors in the decision — where it applied the wrong test, such as the help you get instead of the help you reasonably need.
- A step-by-step submission guide — where to send it, and what happens next. Free revisions included.
What happens next: secure card payment → tell us about your decision and upload your letter → we draft and deliver within 48 hours. Add 24-hour delivery (£19), a Letter to Your GP (£9) or What Attendance Allowance Unlocks (£9) at checkout.
Written in your voice, on a legal footing.
Every condition that fits your case gets its own section, with the law and the case law behind it.
Section 6: the night condition
6.1 At night I need help getting to the toilet. I need this help 2 times a night, for 10 minutes each time, on 7 nights a week. The help is given in my presence and is directly connected with the bodily functions of walking and using the toilet.
6.2 Night means the period after the household has closed down for the night, judged by the household’s routine and not by the clock…
From a sample letter. Yours is written from your own case.
Challenging it for a parent or partner?
You can order and answer our questions for them. The letter is written in their own words, ready for them to sign.
- Their voice, their signature. The letter is written in the first person, as they’d say it.
- Have to hand: their decision letter, a copy of the AA1 if you kept one, and any letters from doctors.
- Tell us what you see. What you help with by day and at night, and how often. That detail is what the decision turns on.
The £37.90 a week question.
The lower rate is for help by day or at night. The higher rate is for both.
£37.90 a week
about £1,970 a year
The difference is usually the night. If you were given the lower rate but need help at night, your letter argues it.
Three steps to your Attendance Allowance letter. One outcome that changes everything.
£49 in. The right rate out.
Tell us about your decision
Plus your decision letter
We draft your letter
Delivered within 48 hours
Review & send it
PDF and Word, with a guide
If your MR succeeds, you’re awarded the right rate of Attendance Allowance, backdated.
£76.70 a week at the lower rate, or £114.60 a week at the higher rate, from April 2026.
£114.60
A week · higher rate
Three ways to challenge an Attendance Allowance decision. Pick the one that fits.
Doing it yourself is free if you have the time and energy. Percentage firms take a share of your backpay. We’re £49 flat.
Write it yourself
Free
+ your time
The decision letter and your time
- No upfront cost
- Easy to miss the night condition
- Written while exhausted and unwell
- A weak base for tribunal if it fails
Best if: you know the Attendance Allowance rules well and have the energy to write a legal argument under stress.
Other firms
Up to40%
+ VAT, of your backpay
Example: on £1,375 of backpay (12 weeks at the higher rate), they’d take about £660.
Success rate: not published
- No fee unless they win
- Up to 40% + VAT of your backpay
- 2–4 weeks to receive the letter
- You rarely see the submission
Best if: you don’t mind giving up a large share and won’t read the letter before it goes.
PIPAppeal
£49
Flat · paid once
Every route argued for you
- Day and night, every route argued
- Delivered in 48 hours
- Reviewed by Neil — ex-DWP decision maker
- You read every word before submission
Best if: you want a professional letter without giving a share of your backpay to a percentage firm.
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Fibromyalgia & Depression
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Meet Neil.
A former DWP decision maker who spent 15 years on the inside. Now he writes the letters that overturn refusals.
Inside the DWP
Welfare benefits decision making
Knows the criteria
Trained in current PIP assessment law
Personally reviewed
No letter goes out without his sign-off
Drafted by his team
Across MR and tribunal appeals since 2020
Refused Attendance Allowance? Let’s get it corrected.
A professional Attendance Allowance reconsideration letter, built from your documents. £49 flat. In your inbox within 48 hours.
Every route to the right rate, argued in one letter.
- The day condition argued, attention and supervision.
- The night condition argued, where the higher rate is.
- The errors in the decision set out.
- A submission guide, step by step.
- Free revisions if you remember something or get new evidence.
What happens after the mandatory reconsideration
Two outcomes that matter.
The MR succeeds
You’re awarded the right rate, backdated. Then see what Attendance Allowance unlocks: Pension Credit, Council Tax help and more.
The decision doesn’t change
You receive a Mandatory Reconsideration Notice, with one month to appeal to the independent tribunal, which can award either rate. Your letter becomes the foundation. See our Attendance Allowance tribunal letter.
Haven’t claimed yet? See AA1 form help. Helping a parent or partner? You can order for them. See all our services.
Questions about an Attendance Allowance mandatory reconsideration.
If your question isn’t covered, email us at support@pipappeal.org.uk and we’ll reply same day.
There’s no fixed time limit for the DWP to decide, and it can take several weeks. Your letter goes in once, complete, so the decision maker has everything at the start.
Your decision letter is essential. A copy of the AA1 claim form helps a great deal if you kept one, along with any letters from doctors and a prescription list.
To the address on your decision letter. Your letter comes with a step-by-step submission guide.
Yes. A son, daughter, partner or carer can order and answer our questions on your behalf. The letter is written in your own voice.
The day condition and the night condition, each argued by every route that fits your case, with the case law; the errors in the decision; and a schedule of evidence. It’s written in your voice, as a PDF and a Word document, with free revisions.
No. We are a professional letter-writing service, not a firm of solicitors, and we don’t give regulated legal advice. You’re free to speak to a welfare rights adviser or Citizens Advice at any point.
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. We guarantee your case is presented in the strongest terms the law and your evidence allow.
The DWP looks at the whole decision again, so in rare cases an award can go down as well as up. Your letter only argues what your evidence supports. GOV.UK explains mandatory reconsideration.
You can appeal to the independent First-tier Tribunal within one month of your Mandatory Reconsideration Notice. Our Attendance Allowance tribunal letter is the same £49 and builds on this one.
Yes, as long as you’re within 13 months of the date on your decision letter. Late requests need a good reason, such as being too unwell to act, and your letter includes that explanation.
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