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Source: Department For Work And Pensions, 20/09/2007
Carers will be able to earn more money without losing their benefits, Work
and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has announced.
From 1 October 2007, the maximum amount of money that carers in Great
Britain will be allowed to earn without losing their entitlement to Carer's
Allowance (CA) will rise from £87 to £95 a week, after expenses such as
income tax and national insurance contributions have been taken into
account.
Peter Hain said:
"Carers play a vital role in our communities, providing invaluable help and
support for their loved ones. It is right that where we can offer further
support we do so.
"The higher weekly limit of £95 means that more carers will be able to keep
their Carer's Allowance if they earn more money. And it means that more
carers will now be able to receive Carer's Allowance for the first time.
"Together with next April's normal increase in Carer's Allowance, carers
should be able to receive more than £7,500 a year combined."
The increase in the earnings limit is an interim measure ahead of the
government's forthcoming review of the National Carers Strategy. The
strategy will look at how CA could be reformed to meet today's needs more
effectively.
Carers who employ someone to look after a disabled person or a child aged
under 16 while they are at work will continue to be entitled to the
allowance while earning significantly more than the normal limit.
Notes to Editors:
1. Carer's Allowance is designed to provide a measure of help for someone
who forgoes the opportunity of full-time work to provide at least 35 hours
of care a week for a severely disabled person who receives Attendance
Allowance, an equivalent rate of the Disability Living Allowance care
component, or a specified minimum level of Constant Attendance Allowance
with an Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Pension.
2. I ncome-related benefits like Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council
Tax Benefit, along with Pension Credit for people aged 60 or over, provide
additional help for lower-income households and are payable at a higher rate
where someone is entitled to Carer's Allowance.
2. In 2001, the government increased the weekly amount which Carer's
Allowance recipients are allowed to earn from £50 to the level of the lower
earnings limit for National Insurance Contributions, then £72 and since
increased annually to its current level of £87.
3. The new earnings limit will be kept under review pending any reform of
Carer's Allowance which was introduced (as Invalid Care Allowance) in 1976
when social conditions were very different.
4. The change in the earnings limit was laid before parliament on 10
September as part of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5)
Regulations 2007 (http://www.-opsi.gov.-uk/si/si2007/-uksi_20072618_-en.pdf)
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