Carers allowance and Carers Premium

jules990

Hi , I’m looking for a bit of advice . I am going to have to start claiming Carers Allowance as I will caring for my Dad . I have researched and can see I can also earn £139 per week . I’m wonder if I earn this as well as get carers allowance , is there anything else I can claim as this is still a massive drop in money . What about carers premium ?  I live with my husband who works so from what I can see I can’t get a top off of UC . Any advice appreciated , thanks x 

poppy123456

Carers premium is a benefit that's added to other benefits like Income Related ESA, JSA, Income Support or Pension credit. It's no longer possible to claim any of the old legacy benefits. It's not a benefit that's paid on its own.

For you to be entitled to carers allowance your dad must be claiming a qualifing disability benefit such as either PIP daily living, DLA mid/high rate care or AA.

Before you claim carers allowance you need to make sure that your dad isn't claiming a Severe disability premium in another benefit. If he is and you claim Carers allowance then the SDP will stop and this could affect any other benefits he maybe claiming.

Yes, you can earn up to £139/week when claiming CA.

You can use a benefits calculator to check entitlement to UC but you'll need to put all yours and your partner details into it.

jules990

Thanks for your  response .  

Yes he gets enhanced PIP in both categories and does not get SDP . I have looked into all that already . 

It  was really just advice on the benefits I was entitled to whilst earning the £139 per week .  

Thanks again