Carers allowance & ESA not means tested

Que
Que Online Community Member Posts: 16 Listener
edited March 2022 in Benefits and income
Can I ask if you can claim Carers allowance at the same time as ESA 
answers much appreciated 
thank you

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    edited February 2022
    Carer’s Allowance and contribution based or new style ESA are known as overlapping benefits and cannot be paid at the same time.

    They can both be claimed at the same time but only the ESA will be paid. There will be an underlying entitlement to CA which might increase entitlement to a means tested benefit such as Council Tax Reduction.

    Someone on the old income based ESA could receive Carer’s Allowance at the same time but the CA would be deducted from the ESA.
  • Que
    Que Online Community Member Posts: 16 Listener
    Thank you x

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