can anyone explain this to me thanx

nixe

hi no i dont get it
i take it that i should phone up
and say this, that it should not be taken off because i should be getting the
carers premium and the disabilty premium?and that i should get no deductions etc for for 17.
thank you for your patience

nannytone_2

it appears that they are deducting the carers allowance from your benefit, even though they arent actually paying it!

theyre totally different departments so its quite conceivable that this is the case.

when my kids were young, child benefit was deducted from income support payments. so when my son left school. they obviously stopped paying income support for him ... but they continued to deduct his child benefit from my income support. it was easily sorted out .... but it took me about 3 months to realise what had happened!

nixe

hi in post 8 i wrote get 55 a week carers allowance.
but just noticed they take 58.45 pence a week of us. [ carers ]
but give me 55 a week carers allowance on a different day
so that part is wrong.
so in effect i am not getting carers allowance.
is it the normal social i phone or is there another number you
may you know off? thanx begining to get it.

Whiteknight

nixe wrote: »

hi in post 8 i wrote get 55 a week carers allowance.
but just noticed they take 58.45 pence a week of us. [ carers ]
but give me 55 a week carers allowance on a different day
so that part is wrong.
so in effect i am not getting carers allowance.
is it the normal social i phone or is there another number you
may you know off? thanx begining to get it.

The 58.45 will be the uprated amount of Carers Allowance (from this April) if you are getting paid Carers Allowance for looking after your husband he will not get the Severe Disability Premium.

nixe

oops still signed in. thanx for your help

nannytone_2

i was going by your figures.. i thought carers was £55 a week, but you said the deduction for it was you also didnt mention that they were actually paying you the carers allowance seperately. in that case youre getting the right amountjust in a roundabout way

Anubis_2

the carers allowance shouldnt be deducted, as you should get the premium instead of the carers allowance.

This is not always the case, they deduct my carers allowance and show that deduction in the workings. They also deduct my child benefit as both are classed as income.

nannytone_2

its all clear now. the OP neglected to mention that she was receiving carers allowance.
the OP made it seem like they were being paid only the carers premium and yet still having the carers allowance deducted from their benefit.