Carers Allowance and UC

liann2008

we both qualify for uc lcwra one of us one pip can we claim any carers

Kimi87

Hi, Carers Allowance would be deducted in full from your UC award, so there is no financial gain in claiming.

Carers Element (£201.68) is a possibility, however one person can't get paid both LCWRA & Carers Element.

So to qualify for Carers Element within your UC claim, the person not getting paid for LCWRA would also need to be the person not getting PIP.

Does that make sense?

Rachel_Scope

Hi @liann2008 and welcome to the community! Here's some more information for you which supports what Kimi has advised.

"Your Universal Credit payment will be reduced by an amount equal to your Carer’s Allowance payment.

You may get an extra amount of Universal Credit for caring for someone who gets a disability-related benefit (whether you get Carer’s Allowance or not).

Report a change on your Universal Credit account.

Which benefits you get will affect which National Insurance credits you’re eligible for. If you get:

• Carer’s Allowance payments you get Class 1 National Insurance credits, which help you qualify for some other benefits and State Pension
• Universal Credit you get Class 3 National Insurance credits, which count towards your State Pension only"

I hope that helps.

liann2008

that’s great thankyou for your help it would make us no better off .