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Carers Allowance & private pension

66Mustang
66Mustang Community member Posts: 11,963 Disability Gamechanger
edited May 26 in Benefits and financial support
Just want to double check something.

My Mum gets Carer's Allowance for me. She is due to turn 60 soon and will receive a small private NHS pension from when she was a nurse for 8 years.

The NHS pension is approx. £300 a month.

As I understand it £300 a month is less than £139 a week which is the earnings cut-off point for Carer's Allowance; so she will still get her Carer's Allowance.

Edit to add: she doesn't work or receive any other income or benefits.

Is this correct?

Thank you.
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,011 Disability Gamechanger
    The NHS pension will not matter. Carer's Allowance only looks at whether or not earnings exceed the threshold and pension income is not treated as earnings.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community member Posts: 11,963 Disability Gamechanger
    Thanks Calcotti!
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