Carers allowance

[alayas]

Think about claiming ca for my dd, how long has it taken other people to get it please

It took me about 8 weeks, but obviously it was back dated then, I claimed back in April and I had it in June x

A couple of months as per the PP.

It's one of the easier allowances to apply for. It is taxable income hence why it's called an allowance.

Does it affect anyone of the benefits the person who is in need of care receives?

Do you mean carers or attendance allowance?
The person who needs care claims the attendance allowance. Which is tax free.
The person doing the caring claims carers allowance for themselves.

Yes, I mean the person in receipt of the qualifying benefit either attendance allowance or pip, is that amount affected if someone claims carers allowance for them

I am not an expert but as the carer claims the carers allowance I would assume it would be unrelated to the income of the person claiming attendance allowance.
Presumably the carer has a separate income and tax return?

If someone claims carers allowance for them, the person needing care won't be able to get a severe disability premium on any means-tested benefits they get. If they only get attendance allowance/pip/dla and no means-tested benefits then their benefits won't be affected (as probably in OP's case, if her dd is under 16 and getting DLA).

It won’t effect the amount of Aa or Pip however their is components within esa, jsa and hb (severe disability premium) that would be lost reducing their entitlement if CA is claimed.

A benefits check would be best to figure out if claiming CA would be the best option.