Urgent Help Required for Compliance Letter from DWP

Dazed_and_C0nfused

I do not claim anything at all

If this is actually true then once she sorts the immediate issue out then she should look at the possibility of claiming Child Benefit.

calcotti

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

I do not claim anything at all

If this is actually true then once she sorts the immediate issue out then she should look at the possibility of claiming Child Benefit.

We don’t know if the son is a child or an adult.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

calcotti said:

Dazed_and_C0nfused said:

I do not claim anything at all

If this is actually true then once she sorts the immediate issue out then she should look at the possibility of claiming Child Benefit.

We don’t know if the son is a child or an adult.

Fair point 🙄

Spoonie_Turtle

270441 said:

MattMattMattUK said:

270441 said:

Thank you as my son requires 24 hour a day attention I cannot apply for JSA as I would be  unable to seek employment . I do not claim anything at all. 

Your opening post says you claim Carer's Allowance, you previous posts say you claim the state pension, this post says you claim nothing, those statements contradict eachother, so which is correct?

Not sure what previous post you are talking about but in connection with this one I am posting it on behalf of my daughter as she is too distressed to do so herself. I have always been under the impression that an Allowance was not the same as a benefit but CA  classed as Income for tax . Her autistic son in in receipt of DLA at highest rate and she is his carer.  She does not work as her son requires 24 hour a day care therefore she would not claim any unemployment benefit as  she would  be unable to work   as she is a single parent as well.

Would have been much easier just to say this in the beginning!

Carers Allowance and DLA are both benefits administered by DWP.


Not related to the letter but if CA is her only income she should do a benefits calculation to see if she'd be entitled to Universal Credit - as a single parent she almost certainly would be unless she has savings over £16,000 or owns a property she doesn't live in.  As a carer on UC she would NOT be required to work.
https://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/

calcotti

Spoonie_Turtle said:..she should do a benefits calculation to see if she'd be entitled to Universal Credit - as a single parent she almost certainly would be unless she has savings over £16,000 or owns a property she doesn't live in.  As a carer on UC she would NOT be required to work.

https://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/

Exactly what I was heading for when trying to find out the situation.

OP, if your grandson is a child is your daughter claiming Child Benefit?

Carer’s Allowance is a benefit but is, as you correctly say, taxable income (other benefits such as State Pension and contribution based ESA are taxable but are still benefits).

One can only guess as to why she has been sent a letter. Random checks are carried out and these could be one of those.

What is she surviving off - I can’t see how anyone could cope on £69.70/week?

270441

As a newbie to this site I apologise for any confusion I may have caused but I am still struggling to get  the hang of it .My daughter is carer for her son who recently turned 16 years of age. She had a review and was told he would continue to receive DLA and she would still get Carers Allowance. She does not claim anything else as she is a single parent and can not go out to work. She choose not to claim UC or JSA as it was her choice to stay at home and look after her child. He is still in full time education so I assume he will get child benefit. We live in Scotland where this benefit has recently been the responsibility of the Scottish Government.

calcotti

270441 said:... She does not claim anything else as she is a single parent and can not go out to work. She choose not to claim UC or JSA as it was her choice to stay at home and look after her child.

That is not relevant. As a carer of someone with a disability she is not expected to work or look for work. UC is for anybody on a low income not just those are seeking work. UC would include a basic amount for her, money for him, extra money because he is disabled, money because she is a carer and (if applicable) money to help with rent. The CA would be deducted. A benefits calculator will allow her to see what she would be entitled to. On the face of it she is missing out on hundreds of pounds of support every month (Unless she is excluded by capital/savings over £16,000).

Just confirm - she doesn’t claim Child Tax Credits? I still can’t see how she is surviving on just CA (unless you are giving her a huge amount of support out of your own limited income).

270441 said:. He is still in full time education so I assume he will get child benefit. We live in Scotland where this benefit has recently been the responsibility of the Scottish Government.

I am not familiar with Scottish rules but I think a child over 16 cannot get Scottish Cild Payment but may be able to Child Maintenance Allowance.
https://www.mygov.scot/ema

Alice_Holt

Best advice you can give your daughter is to book an appointment with her local advice agency:

i) to establish if she can claim UC as a carer,
ii) if she needs further advice re the 'compliance' letter,
iii) if she needs help for her son's transition from DLA to ADP. 

270441

Alice_Holt said:

Best advice you can give your daughter is to book an appointment with her local advice agency:

i) to establish if she can claim UC as a carer,
ii) if she needs further advice re the 'compliance' letter,
iii) if she needs help for her son's transition from DLA to ADP. 

Thank you but she does not wish to claim UC   I appreciate your help

poppy12345

270441 said:

Alice_Holt said:

Best advice you can give your daughter is to book an appointment with her local advice agency:

i) to establish if she can claim UC as a carer,
ii) if she needs further advice re the 'compliance' letter,
iii) if she needs help for her son's transition from DLA to ADP. 

Thank you but she does not wish to claim UC   I appreciate your help

I do not understand how she can possibly live off £69.70 per week. If she has less than £16,000 in savings/capital then there would be entitlement to UC. As a carer she will not need to look for work or prepare to work.