UC and CA

cornish_donkey

I’m wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to what is happening? My husband and I each claim CA for our 2 children UC usually list one of us getting £198.31 as a carer but the other as getting nothing in the payment section and then both of us getting deductions of £354.90 each. This month it listed one of us getting £198.31 for being a carer in the payment section but both of us getting deductions of only £198.36. I’m not sure which is the correct payment? I only migrated to UC a few months ago but one of the payments is wrong.

Spoonie_Turtle

I don't know about the different deductions - there's a thread about it on here and I didn't understand the explanation - but as for two of you receiving CA and only one carer element on UC: do you or your husband receive LCWRA?  If yes then that'll explain it, a person can't have both LCWRA and the carer element. 
But if neither of you do, then you should both be able to receive the carer element if you've reported caring for a different person each.  (Which is also a requirement for both getting CA so we would presume that's not the problem.)

Edit: here's the other thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6601888/ca-deduction-on-uc

cornish_donkey

Spoonie_Turtle said:

I don't know about the different deductions - there's a thread about it on here and I didn't understand the explanation - but as for two of you receiving CA and only one carer element on UC: do you or your husband receive LCWRA?  If yes then that'll explain it, a person can't have both LCWRA and the carer element. 
But if neither of you do, then you should both be able to receive the carer element if you've reported caring for a different person each.  (Which is also a requirement for both getting CA so we would presume that's not the problem.)

Edit: here's the other thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6601888/ca-deduction-on-uc

Yes my husband had LCWRA I understand about the Carer element payment but I’m totally confused by the deductions?

Spoonie_Turtle

If you are both receiving Carers Allowance then the £300+ deduction each is correct.

The different, most recent deduction is not correct and is a glitch, per the other thread.  Unfortunately this means you'll have to pay some money back even though it's their mistake

Yamor

Yes, this is a mistake UC are making now with many people. They are only deducting for Carer's Allowance under the old rate, which is until 6th April inclusive.

Presumably your Assessment Period ends 20th April, which means you had 17 days of Carer's Allowance at the old rate (21st March to 6th April inclusive). 17 days of Carer's Allowance at the old rate comes to £198.36.

They should of course have deducted another 14 days at the new Carer's Allowance rate, which comes to £166.15. (It is even possible, technically speaking, that the entire 31 days should have been deducted at the new rate, but this they don't seem to be doing.)