Carers allowance & carer element on UC

dannistar
dannistar Community Member Posts: 400 Empowering
edited May 30 in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi all


im getting confusing info so came here for help

Both me & my husband receive carers allowance for two of our adult sons , we obviously declared we care for them from day dot of applying for UC but someone said we should get carers element ? Is this true as obviously our carers allowance gets deducted as it should for UC

Thank you in advance for your kind replies.

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  • Lauren29
    Lauren29 Community Member Posts: 256 Empowering

    Yes you should be both able to claim the Carers Element.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,880 Championing

    Do either yourself or husband receive payment for LCWRA element?

    Do you receive any Transitional Protection on your claim?

  • dannistar
    dannistar Community Member Posts: 400 Empowering
    edited May 30

    Neither of us get lcwra but we do receive TP yes £271.25

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,880 Championing

    I've found a past post from you in June 2025 where Carers Element is shown on your statement

    "Carer" paid £396.62

    That matches the 2025/2026 rate of £198.31 x 2.

    So I think you already get it 🙂

  • dannistar
    dannistar Community Member Posts: 400 Empowering

    ok thank you 😊

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