pip first said paper based assessment 1 day later they won't a face to face?
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Hi @ollieconure, I'm sorry to hear this is all getting a bit too much. It sounds really stressful and I hope you are able to get more information tomorrow.
Do you know anything that might be able to help you sleep? Maybe a hot bath in an evening or reading a book? I know things like this can be difficult when your mind is preoccupied by other things.
Please do let us know how you get on tomorrow.0 -
Sorry this is continuing @ollieconure
I really hope you find out what's happening tomorrow, once and for all. x0 -
Hope you found out something useful and positive today @ollieconure
Let us know when you feel up to it x0 -
got phone call on friday to be told DWP has sent it to there complaints section manager because even there side had told them to do paper based and they are ignoring the complaints section IAS so i was told on friday they would know more in a few days0
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I really hope it's not much longer @ollieconure!
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paper based been done had phone call today0
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How are you feeling about it @ollieconure?
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im just glad its sorted hope its a good outcome?after all this time since june0
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We'll be keeping everything crossed for you @ollieconure. Please let us know when you hear anything.0
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Fingers crossed @ollieconure.
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hooray finally got the paper based done for my husband, and he got enhanced care and standard mobility for 4 years,Im so glad its done less stress now, just 1 question
we are on income support now since 18th October they had been taking 2 lots of carers from our income support but we got a letter saying they owed us £483 becuase we had not been getting carers so they backdated it from 18th october till 12th december,
but now i got a letter from carers saying they have got the claim for carers and it will be backdated from 18th October till now,
But my question is becuae income support have paid that amount will be have to repay that money back to income support if carers is been back dated from that day also,0 -
That's great news! May i ask why they are deducting 2 amounts of carers allowance from your Income support? Is it because you're claiming carers allowance for each other? Or is it because one of you is claiming is for looking after someone else?Once you've answered that i'll be able to help you further.0
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That’s correct we care for each other0
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Ok thanks for that. One final question and sorry about the questions but this one is really important. Do you live with anyone else over the age of 18 or is it just the two of you living in your house? If you live with anyone else over the age of 18 are they claiming a qualifying benefit such as mid/high rate care DLA or PIP daily living?If you have dependent children over the age of 18 that you're still claiming child benefit for then this doesn't count.0
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our son is 16years old in college0
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As you are both claiming a qualifying benefit then you would be entitled to claim the couples rate of severe disability premium (providing you're claiming child benefit for your son) The SDP is £131.70 per week BUT you will need to cancel the carers allowance claims before you can claim the SDP.I see you're claiming Income Support BUT i'm fairly certain that you can claim this without claiming carers allowance because you will still be caring but because i'm not 100% certain on this i'm going to tag a member of our admin team for further advice.If it's not possible to do this then it would still be more beneficial for one of you to claim the SDP and stop one of the carers allowance claims because this would still make you £29 per week better off.@Joanne_Scope I'm sorry to bother you this morning but could you help advise here please? Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Despite my knowledge i'm really not 100% sure on this and wouldn't want to give incorrect advice.0
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Hi @poppy123456,
It's no bother at all!
My understanding is that if two people are caring for each other then can they could get the double SDP-£131.70. This would mean they could not claim Carers Allowance. They would still have the underlying entitlement though, so should get two Carers Premiums- £73.70. I think they may be better off if they do it that way.
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@Joanne_Scope thanks. I don't think that's correct. They wouldn't receive the carers premium, because of the SDP claim.My question was, can they still claim Income Support if they don't claim carers allowance? I'm sure i read somewhere that you can still claim Income support without claiming carers allowance providing you're claiming a qualifying benefit, such as PIP daily living and caring for each other, which in this case both of them are.I know it's really confusing and i'm sorry to confuse you. I do know it's definitely more beneficial if one of them cancels carers allowance and claims the SDP. So for example, if the husband cancels the carers allowance he's claiming for the wife then then wife claims the SDP and the wife still continues to claim the carers allowance for the husband. This will give them an extra £29 per week, which is definitely a win win situation.0
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@poppy123456,
It certainly is confusing!
I am looking at PG 141, section 3. If you look at the info about couples it does seem to say that you can have 2 x SDP and 2 x Carers Premium.
I do think that the only way they can keep Income Support is by qualifying as a Carer.
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@poppy123456,
I don't think that the underlying entitlement to Carers Allowance would be enough to keep the IS so I think your way is best in this case.1
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