I have been on UC/LCW and PIP Daily Living Standard for the last few years.
I live with a sibling who last year had to claim UC (Normal Jobseeker version) after losing her job. They are harassing her a bit but she is ok-ish about it as she does want a job.
While she is out of work we have now realised she might be able to claim a carers element on her UC as she easily spends at least 35 hours a week 'looking after me' - shopping, cooking meals, watching over me etc.
I've read here and elsewhere that she simply needs to put in a change of circumstance in her journal as a carer but the question is - is that it? Would declaring she cares for me for 35+ hours a week and the fact I the person she cares for (Me) is on PIP Daily Living be enough to trigger the carers payment for her?
If not what proof would the DWP need short of installing CCTV in our house with a direct feed to the Jobcentre to see her in action caring for me (joking here!) to see whether she is not exaggerating her help for me for the extra carer element?
For example will they ask me questions? Do we need to provide a diary or log-book? Or is her declaration of 35 hrs help plus the fact I'm on PIP DL enough to automatically trigger the carer element? Information online about this is deliberately vague I think, even on this forum and at Benefits and Work.
