Carers Allowance and carer premium

rossiboy001

Hi can anyone help im am slightly confused over this,I have just taken over being a full time carer for someone who is now on full disability rate due to car accident,Im now also on income support now as had to stop work and i have a young son.i am now in receipt of the £53 CA,Iv applied also for income support and have been awarded £41 a week.Is this correct iv heartd about carers premium i dont understand if this is party of the £41 income support as web sites say this should be paid automaticly,therefore is it a element of the £41,Also everyone else i know receives £65 income support,Are these figures correct in total i receive £41 IS,£53 CA, and thats it apart from the childtax credits which am waiting on,Anyhelp on this thanks all.

DX2

They deduct what you get from CA from your IS then add on a carer premium.
IS= £65.45
- CA = £53.90
+ CA premium = £30.05
= £41.60 IS + £53.90 CA
=£95.50

rossiboy001

Thanks so all is in order,everywhere iv looked doesnt clear that up,Seems the whole system is overcomplicated just to keep different people in jobs doing work that could be done by one person on one comp!