Hi. How long does a replacement entitlement letter take for carers?

emma85
emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected
edited November 2024 in Benefits and income

Hi just wanted to know I'm waiting on a replacement entitlement letter from carers unit as I have lost my original one, how long would it take do people reckon and would they look at?I'm not on working tax credits and child tax credits I'm just on child benefit and I'm claiming carers allowance because I'm caring for my mum,what would the carers unit check?

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  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    What would they check?would they check to see the person who I'm caring for still on P.I.P..would they check to see if I'm on child benefit o

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    I answered your question earlier this afternoon on someone else's thread so I don't understand why you've asked the same question here. See my advice here.

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/945255#Comment_945255
  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,686 Championing

    Hey @emma85, they should just send the letter out to you. There shouldn't be anything to check. I hope it all goes okay 🙂

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    But it's carers unit they like to check everything don't they.i only claim child benefit for my child under 16 anyway.i just want a copy of my entitlement letter that's all

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    Can they check to see if get child benefit

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    Yeah I'm taking about carers.

    Sorry to be a pain. I just ain't got a clue what they check on their system I know they check to see the person who I'm caring for still has their P.I.P in place

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    There's nothing to check, they will just send the letter out to you that you requested. Why do you think they would check? the award is already in place.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    Hi I'm still waiting on my copy of my entitlement letter,I have requested the copy past couple of weeks ago and still not recieved it

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    If you don't receive it within the next week, ring to ask them to send another.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    It's just annoying that's all

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    Is there any reason why you requested it? If it's urgent then ring them to ask if it's been sent.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    I just want an updated one

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    Did you have the uprating letter around March/April this year? That covers you for the whole of the tax year.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    It was back in 2019?

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    Uprating letters are sent every year around March/April time.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    The only letters I get from carers is how much i get every April and sometimes I don't get that either.is the letters automatically done by their systems or something?

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    That's the letter I'm referring too. You only receive a letter once a year because the payments remain the same for the rest of the year. I'm unsure if they are automatically generated but I suspect they are.

  • emma85
    emma85 Community Member Posts: 105 Connected

    Ok thank u for your help poppy

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