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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 53,994 Disability Gamechanger
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    Great news!

    Do be aware that the carers allowance will be deducted in full from any UC entitlement. Unless living in Scotland there's no financial gain to claiming carers alloiwance as well as UC and you don't need to claim this to be entitled to the carers element. The only advantage is that it pays class 1 NI credits, where as UC pays class 3.

    You will be backdated the carers allowance and be paid the lump sum but if you were claiming UC for the whole of that period then you'll have an overpayment for this, which will need to be repaid back from future UC entitlement.


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  • TheFutureEmbrace
    TheFutureEmbrace Community member Posts: 32 Connected
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    Hi just  a quick query.
    UC have asked whether my partners disability means that she uses our spare bedroom, which she does. And I've put the start date down as the same date as her PIP claim starting because it was around then.
    What will happen next, will the bedroom tax we're normally deducted from our UC claim now be added on going forward?

    Also, second thing, you were right about there being no upside to claiming carers allowance. Is it possible to stop claiming it and how would I do that?
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 53,994 Disability Gamechanger
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    You will need to wait for DWP to make a decision on the bedroom tax part, no one here will be able to answer that one.

    To stop the carers allowance claim you'll need to contact them. However, as the claim is now active then in my opinion, you may as well continue with the claim because it pays class 1 NI credits, where as UC pays just class 3. Unless of course your partner is working and then the carers allowance does have a weekly earnings limit of no more than £128 after deductions.
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