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Can you claim carers if in ESA support and get PIP?

chrisyy
chrisyy Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited June 2018 in Benefits and financial support
Can u claim carers for urself if in esa support and standard daily pip 
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  • thespiceman
    thespiceman Member Posts: 6,389 Disability Gamechanger
    Hello @chrisyy Pleased to meet you welcome.

    I am not sure of an answer. Understand if you have a look at benefits posts or threads might find answers there.

    Also one our team or the community will know.

    Take care

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 28,453 Disability Gamechanger
    chrisyy said:
    Can u claim carers for urself if in esa support and standard daily pip 
    No, you can't claim Carers Allowance for looking after yourself.

    If you live alone (no other adults living with you) unless they claim PIP daily living or mid/high rate care DLA then you could claim Severe disability premium on top of your ESA.

    So the question is, do you live alone?

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  • mikehughescq
    mikehughescq Posts: 8,847 Connected
    Are you talking about caring for yourself or smother person?

    Yourself? No.

    Someome else? Depends.
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  • BenefitsTrainingCo
    BenefitsTrainingCo Member Posts: 2,628 Pioneering
    chrisyy ,

    Exactly as Mike says, for yourself, no. For another person who is on DLA middle or higher rate care component, Attendance Allowance, or PIP daily living, yes, if you care for them for at least 35 hours a week.

    However, before doing this you should get advice as your claiming Carer's Allowance could affect the other person's benefits. It's also possible in some case for it to make the DWP question why you are in the support group, although it shouldn't necessarily do this - it depends on lots of things. For example, you might have physical difficulties but be able to care for another person in other ways.

    As Poppy points out, a common confusion is with Carer's Allowance and the severe disability premium. If you live alone (no other adults) and no one is getting carer's allowance for you, then it is worth checking whether you are getting the right amount of income-related ESA. It should include the SDP, and if it doesn't, it's worth asking about it (and getting it backdated if you have been entitled to it for some time).

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