State pensioners can benefit from £300 payments under the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) Household Support Fund.
An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.
The money is being distributed through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Household Support Fund, or HSF.
Attendance Allowance is money for people over pension age who have care needs.
A parliamentary petition claims that "State Pensioners should have double the tax-free allowance"
There's a lot on the cards to come
The State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.
MPs looked at several ways to change the triple lock
MPs also discussed bringing in a means-tested state pension system
Benefit payment dates will be disrupted for certain claimants due to three upcoming Bank Holidays
Warning issued of 'far more complex' tax issues as 'a lot of changes' taking place
Experts from the IFS estimate that cuts to benefits actually caused welfare spending to jump by around £900m
There are a wide selection of discounts you can get if you're over 60, including free bus travel and prescriptions
More than half a million people receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance for arthritis-related conditions.
An alternative mechanism for raising state pension every year could save the Treasury £6.2billion.
Attendance Allowance provides extra cash to people of State Pension age with certain disabilities and illnesses
The Treasury has responded to a petition as state pension payments are set to exceed the £12,570 personal allowance and says it will draw up plans next year for some to be exempt