Carers Allowance & private pension

66Mustang

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.

calcotti

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.

66Mustang

Thanks Calcotti!