carer's allowance and universal credit

Hello, was wondering if you had an update on this? Carers Allowance is deducted £1 for £1 from UC payments so there will be a deduction of approximately £280 per month anyway. Saturday to Sunday 10am to 6pm. You do normally get extra universal credit money when you claim carers allowance; because you have an award of CA, you are entitled to an addition on your universal credit claim called carer element. How many bedrooms in your house and do you rent from social housing or privately? They only write off a debt in the most extreme circumstances for UC. You need to make sure that the carers element is added to future payments, if it isn't then add a note on your journal saying your partner is caring for you for 35 hours per week. Scope website does not list Carers Allowance as a benefit that's affected by UC. Over payments for couples over 25 at the standard rate is £74 per month. You can usually get Carer’s Allowance if all of the following apply: you're aged 16 or over I know it replaces housing benefit. It's possible that you can receive the carers element of UC added to your claim but this will depend on your circumstances. Universal Credit. plus Housing Benefit (I still pay £35 rent a week, £64 council tax a month). It's highly likely that they will recover the payment. If this is your first visit, check out the, Hi can anyone help please....i have just recieved my carers allowance what has been back dated 3 months, but universal credit have takin it all, so i havnt received any payment of carers, i thought they was seperate claims and i should of got the carers money?????? When claiming UC there's no need to claim carers allowance because you can claim the carers element without claiming carers allowance. Hi Sorry for confusing everyone! - I'm penalised because I have a pension lump sum, so tarriff income is being applied at about £100 a month from my benefits. If you were claiming any other benefit like ESA then it wouldn't be recoverable. So, for ESA and IS when claiming carers allowance you're £36 per week better off and £156 per month when claiming UC. Carer’s Allowance is a taxable benefit and forms part of your taxable income. If you are on a low income or unemployed, you may be able to claim Universal Credit (UC) which is a means-tested benefit (meaning the amount of income and capital you have can affect your eligibility). It looks like you're new here. I'm confused by your questions. (£291!) How much is the carer element? See link. Community champion and proud winner of the 2019 empowering others award. Spoken to carers allowance and even they said it shouldnt be recovered due to it being their error. We have all the proof from them in letters stating they knew we have been getting uc benefit and that they would need to check with them before issuing any backdating payments. A carers element is added to the UC of £156 per month. I am still waiting for a response from the UC team, Receive all the latest news and information about Scope, be entered into a prize draw to win a £30 shopping voucher. Put all your details into a benefits calculator and see what it comes up with but both your pension are counted as income and will affect what you can claim. their families for the benefit advice i have given to members here on the community. They have stated because we have already received the payment they cant automatically take it back off us but have given advice to request for UC to set it aside and not recover. It looks like you're new here. You need to make sure that UC have added the carers element. If the money came from carers allowance then you will need to ring them and UC because carers allowance is deducted £1 for £1 from your UC and you shouldn't have received that backdated money. Dont see why we should have £280 a month taken off us until the payment is repaid when we done everything right our end. Your Carers allowance affects Income Support and a carers premium is added. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons! Well surely because I'm classed as vulnerable they need to consider discretion they cant take nearly £600 a month off a vulnerable person. Is it UC or ESA you're claiming? This award was given for supporting disabled people and Carer’s Allowance is a benefit for people who are giving regular and substantial care to disabled people. Your Ill health pension will affect UC, Income Support, JSA and ESA Income related £1 for £1 because these are means tested benefits and they are counted as income when claiming any of them. Is it now counted as income? As you have already received the money because you were already claiming UC then it will be classed as a UC overpayment. Carers who don’t qualify for Carer’s Allowance may qualify for Carer’s Credit. If you don't receive the LCWRA then you'll need to ask UC to add the Carers element, which is £160 per month. All overpayments for UC are recoverable, even if it's an offical error. If it was me i wouldn't spend it and i'd pay it back as one lump sum, otherwise your UC furture payments will decrease further because of the overpayment. UC is different. I live with my son, 24 years old, husband (who gets £100 pension a month) 2 beds, Housing Assoc house. I'm not sure what CAB can do here, other than give the advice you've been given here. The previous amount deducted should have been £286 but as CA increased in April it's increased to £291. To claim the carer’s element you must be caring for a severely disabled person for 35 hours a week or more. Open Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm. Saturday to Sunday 10am to 6pm. I only now get carers allowance every week. You do not have to claim carers allowance to get the carers element with universal credit. I agree it's their error but for UC it's recoverable. If you've been claiming UC for the whole time then you won't receive any backdated money. Think a call to local CAB is in order. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons! Really confused. Why should they recover and punish us for something not our fault after all they would basically be risking a vulnerable person becoming homeless by recovering the money we was given because of CA incompetence, Receive all the latest news and information about Scope, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661570/admf6.pdf, https://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/26/dwp-staff-problems-leave-carers-with-years-of-overpaid-benefit-debt, http://england.shelter.org.uk/legal/benefits/universal_credit/payment_of_universal_credit/overpayments_of_universal_credit#_ednref3, https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Overpayments-under-the-Universal-Credit-system/How-is-an-overpayment-recovered, be entered into a prize draw to win a £30 shopping voucher.

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