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Two carers in 1 household

dsmythy · 2021-03-26 11:53:07

The quick story. I'm on Jobseekers Allowance with qualified payments for my wife and 3 children. She's on half rate Carers Allowance for one of them. I've had to now make a claim myself for another of our children for Carers Allowance. If successful I can no longer claim qualified adult for my wife. My question is if I am…

26-03-2021 11:53am

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The quick story. I'm on Jobseekers Allowance with qualified payments for my wife and 3 children. She's on half rate Carers Allowance for one of them. I've had to now make a claim myself for another of our children for Carers Allowance. If successful I can no longer claim qualified adult for my wife.

My question is if I am successful does she become eligible for the full rate Carers Allowance?

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