pip and Carer's Allowance

aaalirezaaa
aaalirezaaa Community member Posts: 17 Listener
in PIP, DLA, and AA

hello today i award pip score 10 and mobility 0

so i would apply for my partner carer allowance if i do this my payment is will be reduce in universal creadit ?

and my partner dident get any benfits just in universal creadit we are join but she dident get any money..

thanks

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    If you're claiming UC as a couple then the money you receive from that will be for both of you, not just for yourself.

    If your partner claims carers allowance for looking after you then it would just be deducted in full from any UC entitlement so there's no financial gain to claiming it at the same time. There are some advantages to claiming it such as for carers allowance they would receive class 1 NI credits but for UC it's just class 3.

    If they are working and earning more than £151/week they will not be able to claim carers allowance.

    They can claim carers element of UC and your maximum UC entitlement will increase by £198.31/month. There's no earnings limit to this like there is with Carers allowance.

    To claim it they will need to log into their journal and report a change of circumstances. Then click caring for someone and report it this way.

  • aaalirezaaa
    aaalirezaaa Community member Posts: 17 Listener

    My partner is not eligible for benfiet just I revive peyment for single person just her name in my universal credit?

  • aaalirezaaa
    aaalirezaaa Community member Posts: 17 Listener

    And if she apply for carers element of UC it will be reduces payment or no?

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    edited August 15
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/899893#Comment_899893

    Is that because of their visa status so they have No Recourse to Public Funds? (NRPF) If so then they will not be able to claim carers allowance. Carers Allowance is a public fund.

    This also applies to carers element and they will not be able to claim this either if they have NRPF.

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 4,297 Online Community Specialist
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/121392/pip-and-carers-allowance

    Congrats on getting a PIP award! It is quite the process 🎉

    You mention your partner isn't eligible for benefits, is this because they are on a visa with No Recourse to Public Funds as Poppy mentions? As you may not be able to get Carers Allowance then. You can check up what counts as Public Funds here.

    You could check a benefits calculator to see if there are any other benefits you are eligible for: Turn2us Benefits Calculator

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