Carers element

Jacs2008
Jacs2008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
edited July 30 in Universal Credit (UC)

I've been my daughter's carer for 5 years but I get lcwra now so it's stopped. I never got a carers element on UC should I have been getting this as well as carers allowance?

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  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Online Community Member Posts: 352 Pioneering

    When you didn't have lcwra you should have been getting the carer element yeah, did you tell UC you were a carer?

  • Jacs2008
    Jacs2008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    Yes I told them and done the change of circumstances too

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,820 Championing

    Lots of people get mixed up with Carers Allowance and Carers Element - you say it's stopped now you get LCWRA- did you yourself end the CA claim?

  • Jacs2008
    Jacs2008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    No I got a letter from CA to say it had stopped due to getting lcwra

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,820 Championing
    edited July 30

    Was it a letter through the post or your UC Journal?

    As far as I know you can get Carers Allowance + LCWRA, but not Carers Element + LCWRA.

    If you look at a statement from before your LCWRA award, is Carers Element listed on there?

    Currently £201.68, was £198.31 pre April.

  • Jacs2008
    Jacs2008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    It was a letter through the post. Carers allowance is on my statement from before I got lcwra

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,820 Championing
    edited July 30

    The carers allowance showed as a deduction of £353.xx on your previous statement?

    That's beyond my knowledge then as I thought you could get Carers Allowance alongside LCWRA, and I'm not aware of any recent rule changes.

    https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/Forums/1627782/Free-Tools/viewthread/20671

    (from November)

  • Jacs2008
    Jacs2008 Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener

    Yes that's right. I will look into it, thanks for your help

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,820 Championing

    Perhaps a trained benefits advisor can assist with why CA stopped, and also advise on a retrospective Carers Element claim.

    https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/

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