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Claim for carers allowance

Hi I'm claiming universal credit.
Put a claim in for carers allowance
Had letter today saying I coukd receive it but there wauting ti hear bk frim universal credit regarding what ill be paid.
I made the claim frim fab 12 when i started caring for my mum will it be backdated?
I've also read up about a carer element?which is paid if on universal credit
In confused to what ill receive and how much?
Can you please help
Regards sue
Put a claim in for carers allowance
Had letter today saying I coukd receive it but there wauting ti hear bk frim universal credit regarding what ill be paid.
I made the claim frim fab 12 when i started caring for my mum will it be backdated?
I've also read up about a carer element?which is paid if on universal credit
In confused to what ill receive and how much?
Can you please help
Regards sue
Replies
I'm sure some of our members who have better insight into CA will be able to advise you, but in the meantime, perhaps give the online benefits calculator a try to give you an idea of what your entitlement could be?
You can get an additional £156.45 per month if you are caring for a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week, which is the carers element.
You DO NOT have to claim Carer's Allowance (CA) to get this element. This is probably why you have read that a carers element is not paid automatically. That is UC will assess individual cases to see if a person qualifies for a carers element. I however suspect that it will be easier to prove that you are looking after a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week if you do get UC.
Not only should your UC increase but your work conditionality should change that is you are placed in the No Work Related Requirement group.
Maria
I've been getting universal credit since last year.
I started caring for my mum on feb 12 .
I made a claim for carers allowance which I started getting weekly last wk.£64.60
I rang universal credit up to tell them I'd started caring from Feb 12, they said I will get carers element £156.45 paid monthly .
My first payment due on 15 august they told me
Will it be so much universal credit added to carer element?
Will he carcar element be backdated from feb12
It's very confusing
Regards sue