Carers Allowance

poppy12345

Brie said:

If he applies I suggest you put the full pleading on the application to point out the help is required due to the age of your parents.  

Absolutely no need to "plead" it's a simple online application that just asks "do you care for the person for at least 35 hours per week"

Ferboz

Thank you for all the replies. If i may try and answer some of you:
Poppy12345 & PMLindyloo my parents definitely do not get any other benefits. The blue badge my dad gets is due to mobility issues as he has no cartilage in his knee & can walk but not far. I've told him try for DLA but they are very proud ( and stubborn) from a different generation ?? & dont want to bother. I understand even though i disagree. My mum gets a state pension & my dad gets the same. No pension credits, although they get a council tax reduction as my sister lives with them. 
Robbie64 you are correct in that my sisters ESA never states Enhanced Disability Premium..it says Disability Income Guarantee... my sister is 55 years old, so this must go back several years.  
Brie my husband works saturday and sunday each week 9-3 & he is on minimum wage. so doesnt achieve £128 f thats the guideline. 

I have just checked my sisters ESA & along with the disability income guarantee, it also pays a small amount for 'extra money because you are in a support group'  Again i have no idea what this means..but at the end of the day we do not want to do anything that will put my sisters benefits in jeopardy... but it would certainly help a little due to the loss of income my husband has through caring. 
again many thanks for all your replies . 

Ferboz

poppy12345 said:

Brie said:

If he applies I suggest you put the full pleading on the application to point out the help is required due to the age of your parents.  

Absolutely no need to "plead" it's a simple online application that just asks "do you care for the person for at least 35 hours per week"

Poppy12345 thats good to know, simple is far better then it can be yes or no!

calcotti

Robbie64 said: It's a throwback to when the EDP was first introduced in 2001. The then Labour Government announced the introduction of a minimum income guarantee for disabled people in receipt of Income Support who also received the highest rate of DLA care. The Enhanced Disability Premium was the difference between this minimum disability income guarantee and the then combined amount of Income Support personal allowance and the Disability Premium.

The phrase "Disability Income Guarantee" was used on the first IS award notifications that were produced in 2001 and were carried forward to ESA when it was introduced in 2008. I don't think any of the award letters have ever stated "Enhanced Disability Premium"

Thanks, Robbie. Goes back to before I knew anything about benefits but have always noticed that ESA letters never refer to Enhanced Disability Premium despite that being what it is labelled everywhere else.

Sallyp2

Your husband can claim Carers Allowance IF he works less than 16 hours a week and earns under £125 per week. He would also need to "suggest" he does 35 hours or more each week in looking after your sister ONLY
Your parents would be entitled to a carers pension premium for looking after your sister if your husband doesnt claim CA.

Sallyp2

Oh you will need to be careful as at some point your sister will be forced to migrate onto Universal Credit and if your husband claiming Carers Allowance will reduce what she gets. 
We are going through this now with my brother, who is also on ESA - also support group. HIs universal credit payment increases if i don't carry on claiming CAllowance. 

calcotti

Sallyp2 said:

Your husband can claim Carers Allowance IF he works less than 16 hours a week and earns under £125 per week. He would also need to "suggest" he does 35 hours or more each week in looking after your sister ONLY
Your parents would be entitled to a carers pension premium for looking after your sister if your husband doesnt claim CA.

That is not correct.
There is an earnings limit of £128/week but there is no limit on the number of hours.
He does not need to ‘suggest’ he provides 35 hours of care, simply needs to confirm that he does.
The parents would only be entitled to a carer premium if they are claiming a means tested benefit and one of them makes a claim for Carer’s Allowance.

calcotti

Sallyp2 said:

Oh you will need to be careful as at some point your sister will be forced to migrate onto Universal Credit and if your husband claiming Carers Allowance will reduce what she gets. 
We are going through this now with my brother, who is also on ESA - also support group. HIs universal credit payment increases if i don't carry on claiming CAllowance. 

Yes the UC payment is reduced but by the exact same amount as the Carer’sAllowance so the overall income is the same regardless of whether or not you receive CA.

poppy12345

Sallyp2 said:

Oh you will need to be careful as at some point your sister will be forced to migrate onto Universal Credit and if your husband claiming Carers Allowance will reduce what she gets. 
We are going through this now with my brother, who is also on ESA - also support group. HIs universal credit payment increases if i don't carry on claiming CAllowance. 

This is not quite correct. A claim for carers allowance will end a persons entitlement to Severe disability premium but if they're not claiming the SDP then there's nothing to reduce the person's exisiting benefits to.

If your brother was claiming the severe disability premium in with his ESA and he had to claim UC then he would have been entitled to the SDP transitional protection providing he claimed UC within 1 month of his ESA ending and he continued to satisfy the conditions to claim the SDP.

If a person then claimed Carers allowance for looking after him then the SDP transitional protection will end. If no transitional protection was in payment then a claim for carers allowance will not affect your brothers UC.

poppy12345

calcotti said:

Sallyp2 said:

Oh you will need to be careful as at some point your sister will be forced to migrate onto Universal Credit and if your husband claiming Carers Allowance will reduce what she gets. 
We are going through this now with my brother, who is also on ESA - also support group. HIs universal credit payment increases if i don't carry on claiming CAllowance. 

Yes the UC payment is reduced but by the exact same amount as the Carer’sAllowance so the overall income is the same regardless of whether or not you receive CA.

But in this case it wouldn't because they will be claiming CA for their brother and they wouldn't be claiming UC as a couple.