posting here for traffic - Carers' Allowance help please

[GustyParson]

Hi am calculating a friend's tax credits renewal for them (they're in crisis and cant do it themselves just now) and I need to know how much the weekly rate of carers' allowance was in the year apr 2016 to apr 2017. All the info I find online pertains to the 2017-2018 rate. So please please help with the following:

1. what was the weekly rate for the financial year recently ended?

2. is it as simple as 52 x weekly rate to work out how much my friend got that year or does Carer's Allowance have a Christmas bonus (I know DLA does).

Thanks very much for any help. I love you all. Sexually.

I don't need you to love me sexual, thanks all the same, but carer's allowance was £62.10 per week with no Christmas bonus.

Brilliant thanks. I love you platonically.

Hope you sort things out for your friend and he/she is okay.

Thankyou x

£62. PW. A disgraceful paltry sum, for the hardest job there is, but. That's for another thread.
I take it or at least.
'The I love you all sexually"
was a typo.

There IS a Christmas bonus for CA. Or has been for me anyway. £62.10x51 + £72.10.

www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Carer-s-Allowance/How-much-Carer-s-Allowance-will-I-get

They take that sum as Income hahahahahahahahaha! so you are penalised for it for tax credit purposes.

Pretty sure it's below the Living Wage.

There IS a Christmas bonus for CA. Or has been for me anyway. £62.10x51 + £72.10.

www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Carer-s-Allowance/How-much-Carer-s-Allowance-will-I-get

No idea why that posted twice.

They do take it as income, as it's a 'taxable' benefit. Only makes a difference if you and/or your partner work and have other income though.