Carers element on universal credit

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Hi, my son gets middle rate DLA, I get carers element on universal credit. He has a lifelong learning disability and gets support at school and I as his parent (only parent) obviously support and care for him and need to take time off work for child support meetings but I am wondering how this is defined as the 35 hours caring on universal credit?

I asked UC if they review it annually and they said no. I am just worried that as he is getting older he is coping better without me 100% doing talking for him etc that I won't support him as much but then don't know at what point I'd report this as don't know how to define the 35 hours!? I hope that makes sense. I cant find anything online about it. Thanks

You say he's at school, do you mind me asking how old he is? Do you provide other care for him?
Cooking, cleaning, personal care (washing, shaving), laundry, taking him to appointments, assisting him with travel, doing his shopping, managing his medication (if he has any), managing any paperwork. All of that (and a ton more that I've probably missed) is classed as caring. Obviously the majority of it is also what we do for our children regardless of disability. But at a younger school age there will be more needed to support him, as you've said about support meetings. If there's aspects of any of that which he will need as he goes through teens and into adulthood, it all counts towards the carers element.
Hope that helps