Carers Allowance

50Twuncle

I get medium rate Care allowance DLA - My wife works half days - earning about £6k pa
Is she entitled to claim carers allowance ?

missywav

I think it depends on how many hours a week she works.. check direct gov..

weanie

Currently she is allowed to claim the allowance and earn £95 weekly as additional employment - this could equate to £411.67 on a monthly payroll.

missile

I believe she is only entitled to claim carers allowance if she works a maximum of 14 hours.

See here for the latest info, straight from the horses mouth > http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/index.htm?cids=Yahoo_PPC&cre=Caring_For_Someone

sunnyone

missywav wrote: »

I think it depends on how many hours a week she works.. check direct gov..

May i suggest that you look things up before telling people twaddle?

Have a look at the benefits forum!

sunny

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sunnyone wrote: »

May i suggest that you look things up before telling people twaddle?

Have a look at the benefits forum!

sunny

that could have been put more nicely,in fact it can depend on the number of hours worked especially in relation to minimum wage(which is what most people get nowadays)

Zara33

missywav wrote: »

i think it depends on how many hours a week she works.. Check direct gov..

wrong!

weanie wrote: »

currently she is allowed to claim the allowance and earn £95 weekly as additional employment - this could equate to £411.67 on a monthly payroll.

correct!!

missile wrote: »

i believe she is only entitled to claim carers allowance if she works a maximum of 14 hours.

See here for the latest info, straight from the horses mouth > http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/caringforsomeone/index.htm?cids=yahoo_ppc&cre=caring_for_someone

wrong!!

Oldernotwiser

It also depends on how many hours she actually spends caring for you.

Zara33

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

It also depends on how many hours she actually spends caring for you.

At least 35 hours per week from Sunday to Saturday.

Bryando

My partner claiming Carers Allowance. We were told that as long as he is here it counts as caring as he lives with me. Moral guidance and here for when I need help. As I can go days or weeks with my mental health ok. Then placing myself in danger

cabbage

HI

To claim carers allowance the person being cared for needs to receive dla mid rate care or above. The person caring must provide 35 hours of care a week or more.

The person caring must be 16 or over, not in full time education and not earning more than £95 per week.

They are allowed 4 weeks break in caring for you a year and during this time they can earn what they like.

If she is earning more than £95 per week, bear in mind the 4 weeks break she can take and deduct this from her annual salary and then divide it up into a weekly amount.