DWP could give you £8k a year if you suffer with any of these 25 health conditions

If you have any of these listed 25 breathing problems and it affects your daily life, you may be entitled to up to £8,000 a year from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Personal Independence Payments are given to people who have a health condition that impacts their day-to-day life. PIP is worth a maximum of £172.75 each week.

As it is paid every four weeks, this means it is worth up to £691 each time you get paid. This works out at over £8,000 a year, the Mirror reports.

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The DWP says that PIP is not based on the health condition alone, but on seriously it affects your life day-to-day. Entitlement to payments depends on how much your daily life or mobility is affected by a long-term health condition or disability.

This means some people might not know about the extra support available to help with the additional costs of a specific condition. For instance, those with breathing difficulties may not realise that conditions in this category - including bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, empyema and asthma - fall under the main disabling category of 'respiratory disease'.

The 25 conditions below are some that could mean you qualify for PIP:

A health professional will assess you to determine the level of help you can receive, and your rate will be regularly reviewed to ensure you're getting the right support. To qualify for PIP, you must have a health condition or disability that has caused difficulties with daily living or mobility (or both) for three months, and these difficulties are expected to continue for at least another nine months.

You typically need to have lived in the UK for at least two of the last three years and be in the