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Tonawanda17
Tonawanda17 Online Community Member Posts: 177 Contributor
in Benefits and income

Hi. I am disabled and claim Cont based ESA only. My mother is disabled and i am speaking to a benefits advisor who says i can claim carers as i help look after my mother without if effecting my own ESA claim. Is that correct as i have never heard of being able to do that before? Thanks

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    That's not exactly correct. Both benefits are treated as overlapping benefits, which means you can't be paid both at the same time. In this case you'll only be paid the higher one, which for you is CB ESA. You would have what's known as an underlying entitlement to it but this will only benefit you, if there's entitlement to Income Related top up in your old contributions based ESA.

    https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Overlapping-benefits

    Have you ever been assessed for the Income Related top up?

  • Tonawanda17
    Tonawanda17 Online Community Member Posts: 177 Contributor

    Thanks poppy. That is exactly what do said. It would only really kick in if i claimed income related ESA alongside my CB. Thanks again

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    That's correct because your ESA would then include the carers premium.

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