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carly1
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I currently receive ESA abd care for my mother I dont get carers allowance as ESA is more however i do get carers credit what does this ebtitle me to
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Welcome to the community @carly1
You can fill in a benefits calculator here that you can put all your info into and it will tell you what you could potentially be entitled to.
Scope
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Hi @carly1 If you have claimed Carers Allowance but are not paid it as you get ESA instead, you should have a Carer Premium included in your ESA. This is currently £36.85 a week payable by ESA. If you do not get this, call ESA and query it. If they say you are on contribution based ESA only, ask them to send you a form ESA3 to apply for the income related ESA. Do not let them tell you you have to claim UC - this is not correct! SarahThe Benefits Training Co:
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BenefitsTrainingCo said:Hi @carly1 If you have claimed Carers Allowance but are not paid it as you get ESA instead, you should have a Carer Premium included in your ESA. This is currently £36.85 a week payable by ESA. If you do not get this, call ESA and query it. If they say you are on contribution based ESA only, ask them to send you a form ESA3 to apply for the income related ESA. Do not let them tell you you have to claim UC - this is not correct! Sarah
I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
Hi @carly1,
The main question here is whether or not you are getting Income Related or Contribution Based ESA?
If you are on Income Related and you have an underlying entitlement to Carers Allowance, then you should get the Carers Premium added. You will not need to change to a Universal Credit claim to do this.
@poppy123456 is right that there will be two different possibilities for claiming a Carers Premium if you get contribution based ESA, depending whether you are still on the old legacy Contribution Based ESA or if you are on New Style ESA.
Joanne
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Type your commenthank you for all your answers ans great info t
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thankyou it is so helpful I will contact dwp to see if I get this
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