Can my daughter claim CA for her 8-year-old brother?

chelseabarry

can my daughter of fortean clame carers allowance fore her eight year old brother

Ami2301

Welcome to the community @chelseabarry I will tag my friend @poppy123456 so she can advise

poppy123456

HI and welcome,

I'm one of the community champions here on scope. I'm afraid not, children under the age of 16 are unable to claim carers allowance.

https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility

Does your son claim DLA mid/high rate care? If he does then someone else maybe able to claim carers allowance for looking after him but it will depend on their circumstances.

Chloe_Alumni

Welcome to the community @chelseabarry! Does your son get DLA?