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ESA and carers allowance

can I get full ESA for the period I’ve been getting carers allowance?
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I've had a good look through the discussions and still not sure
I have a joint claim with my partner who claims income related esa he also receives the disability income guarantee and extra money for the Support group
And recently was awarded pip. I know he's not entitled to the sdp but if I were to claim carers allowance if and how would any of this be effected?
Any help would be really appreciated 😍
Provided you claim within 3 months of the PIP decision you can ask for the CA to be backdated to the start date of the PIP award.
(Technically the ESA is not a joint claim. The ESA claim is your partner's claim, although you are added to it as a partner for entitlement purposes it is not your claim and you do not get any NI credits from that claim although, as the claimant, he does.)