Hi, my name is Cxy007! Benefits for our daughter?

Cxy007
Cxy007 Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited April 2023 in Benefits and income
Good morning hope everyone is well, for many years now we have been caring for our disabled daughter who is 100% dependant, now a young adult (24) living at home our current set up is both myself & her mother work full time, me away from home for at least 6 months of the year & we have a younger daughter who is 14 years old. Our disabled daughter currently receives higher rate PIP, both components & Social Services pay for 53 hours per week for a personal assistant support.
My question is, as a young adult of working age (although she never will) without savings is she entitled to any other benefits eg. Universal Credit

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    Good Morning to you @Cxy007 and thanks for posting :) I'm glad to hear your daughter is getting support for a PA and well as from PIP too.  

    Scope has guidance on Universal Credit which I hope is helpful to read. It's a means-tested benefit, so to clarify, you cannot receive Universal Credit if you have savings of £16,000 or more. 

    You'd also be welcome to call or email the Scope Helpline to speak to one of our advisers. 

    Let us know if we can lend a hand with anything further, and enjoy having a look around!

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