Successful new applicants in Scotland will also qualify for the next Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment, worth £270.
Recent analysis by Policy in Practice discovered that the total amount of unclaimed income-related benefits and social tariffs is nearly £19 billion each year. The research found that an estimated £2 billion in Carer’s Allowance is unclaimed by half a million eligible households across Scotland, England and Wales each year.
Successful applications made before October 9, will qualify for the next CAS payment due in December and DWP revealed on Monday that processing times for new claims are now taking just over 15 days, which means people could have their first payment by the end of July. The Average Actual Clearance Time to process a claim for Carer’s Allowance from April 2021 to May 2023:
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