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The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, mentioned disabled pensioners, who face extra costs—she is absolutely right—with heating. There are specific benefits deliberately aimed at disabled people to help with the extra costs. Depending on age, attendance allowance, personal independence payment and disability living allowance are all available and are not means tested, but, as it happens, if somebody is on pension credit, they can also give them extra money in pension credit as well.