Sight loss and the minimum cost of living: 2024 update paper

<p dir="ltr">In 2016, we carried out research to identify the different and/or additional needs and costs of reaching a minimum socially acceptable standard of living for those who are sight-impaired and severely sight-impaired. This research identified a wide range of additional needs, increasing the cost of a weekly minimum budget for individuals who are sight impaired. While there has been no new research on the needs of individuals who are sight-impaired since 2016, this briefing estimates how much these additional costs have increased over the period between 2016 and 2024 by applying increases in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to the additional and different items identified in the original research. It also looks at what this means for the adequacy of social security benefits intended to support individuals with the additional costs of disability - Personal Independence Payments for working-age adults and Attendance Allowance for adults above state pension age.</p>