Carer allowance

solly1902

Hello I hope everyone is well. I've got currently looking for a carer and I have found one luckily. He's a family friend and is concerned about getting his other benefits getting affected. He currently receives child tax credit and his partner get working tax. My question is how much will it affect him as I don't want him to be worse off because of me. Thank you 

bg844

Does he work?

poppy123456

What benefits do you claim for yourself exactly? If you claim Income Related ESA and it includes the Severe disability premium, if someone claims carers allowance for looking after you then you will lose the SDP.

solly1902

I get pip standard rate 

solly1902

No he doesn't his partner does 25 hours a week 

poppy123456

solly1902 said:

I get pip standard rate 

Any other benefits? You need daily living PIP for someone to claim carers allowance for looking after you. If you're not claiming any other benefits then they can claim carers allowance for looking after you, providing they look after you for at least 35 hours/week.

They need to be aware that it's taxable income so they will need to inform Tax credits that they will be claiming CA. Tax credits is based on the previous years income unless there's a £2,500 difference so they need to report the changes. They can use a benefits calculator to see if it will affect their tax credits.

solly1902

Thank you all for your help