Martin Lewis says state pensioners with four conditions can get free £109 a week

Martin Lewis says state pensioners could get an extra £109 a week from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) will all manner of common conditions. The BBC Sounds star says Attendance Allowance is worth £109 every week.

Helpfully, the benefit from the DWP is not dependent on means testing - meaning your finances are irrelevant. The 52-year-old ITV star said: "This is for disabled or ill people of state pension age, we need to collectively work together to spread word on this one."

He added: "Most importantly, Attendance Allowance is not means tested, they do not look at your means or how much money you've got. You're either entitled to it or not entitled to it regardless of finances." He said: "So let's look at the amounts. If you need help during the day or in the night, but not both, is the lower rate £73 a week so just under £4,000 a year."

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"If you need help during the day and at night, that's the higher rate, £109 a week, just under £6,000 a year. Now to be eligible for Attendance Allowance, you must have needed help for six consecutive months. This is crucially important. You must have NEEDED help, not have got help. There are many people out there who need help but haven't got help, which is why Attendance Allowance is there. So it is about the need, not the actuality of what happens."

He continued: "What defines help? Well the first one is help with daily living, and a famous old judge... in 1981 defined this and it still fits for today. This is help with bodily functions including breathing, hearing, seeing, eating, drinking, walking, sitting, sleeping, getting in or out of bed, dressing, undressing, eliminating waste products and the like.

"All of which an ordinary person who is not suffering from any disabilities does for himself. That is the definition of help which is needed. You can see the broad range of people who this would impact." Discussing the types of conditions it is made for, Mr Lewis said: "This is common for people with Parkinson's, or physical disabilities, dementia or terminal illness and more."

"You can apply on someone else's behalf as long as they are capable of understanding or you can sign it for them if you have Power of Attorney."