carers allowance information

juice1986 Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

June 2022 edited June 2022 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

hi does any1 know if you claim carers allowance will u still get your universal credit if not whats the point in claiming it if your going lose universal credit 

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  poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

  June 2022

  When claiming UC there’s no financial gain to claiming carers allowance at the same time because it’s deducted in full from any UC entitlement.
  

  You can claim carers element without claiming carers allowance. However, if the person is receiving LCWRA in their UC for their self they won’t be able to receive the carers element at the same time.

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  calcotti Community Member Posts: 9,999 Championing

  June 2022

  On CA you get Class 1 NI credits whereas UC only gives Class3. For most people this makes no difference.

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