how long dose it take for a claim for cares allowance

System

This discussion was created from comments split from: struggling with claiming carers allowance.

nutkin

how long dose it take for a claim for cares allowance it has been 3 months now .

poppy123456

Usually between 8-12 weeks. As it's been that long already then you'll need to ring them to find out what's going on, only they can answer your questions.

Pippa_Scope

Hi @nutkin, and welcome! 

If you want to chase this up, you can contact the Carers Allowance unit here:

General enquiries 
Telephone: 0800 731 0297
Textphone: 0800 731 0317 
Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 5pm
Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm 
Find out about call charges