Does a new claim for carers allowance trigger a claim for Universal credit?

justaquestion

Hi,

I am on ESA support group (CB) and we get tax credits as well, also receive high rate DLA (both components) for our autistic child. We don't receive any means tested benefit.

As I was migrated to ESA from Incapacity benefit, and because under IB because we had a child I received an adult addition for my partner which I still get paid under ESA under transitional protection but is due to end in April 2020 next year.

My partner can't claim carers allowance for our child at the moment because as I understand it, I receive that adult addition and she is considered to have something called an underlying entitlement.

Now she would like to claim carers allowance from next April, when my ESA transitional protection ends. We are in a fully rolled out UC area.

Our concern is would this claim for carers allowance be considered a change of circumstance that would trigger a UC claim, which we don't want to claim.

Any clarification as to whether claiming carers allowance can trigger a UC claim would be welcome.

Many thanks.

[Deleted User]

No it wouldn't. Carers Allowance isn't included in UC.
You would only trigger a move by needing to claim another means tested benefit which no longer exist for new claims, housing benefit, income based benefits etc.