Carer Additional Person Payment

Carer Additional Person Payment is extra money you can get on top of your Carer Support Payment.

You can get this:

• if you care for more than one person
• for each additional person you provide care for

The extra money you get for each additional person:

• will not affect any other benefits that either you or the person you care for get
• is not counted as income if you get other income-related benefits

What you can get

You can get £41.60 every 4 weeks for each additional person you provide care for.
Social Security Scotland will pay this into your bank account at the same time as your Carer Support Payment and Scottish Carer Supplement.

Who can get it

You must provide care for each additional person for 20 hours or more a week. You can still claim if someone else is getting Carer Support Payment for the same person.

But only one person can get Carer Additional Person Payment for caring for the same person.

The additional person must also get one of these benefits at the correct rate:

Qualifying benefits for Carer Additional Person Payment

Qualifying benefit	Rate
Adult Disability Payment	daily living component
Child Disability Payment	middle or highest rate care component
Pension Age Disability Payment	N/A
Attendance Allowance	N/A
Personal Independence Payment	daily living component
Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance	middle or highest rate care component
Disability Living Allowance	middle or highest rate care component
Constant Attendance Allowance	at or above normal maximum rate with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Or at or above the basic (full day) rate with a War Disablement Pension
Armed Forces Independence Payment	N/A

How to add an additional person

You’ll need:

• your name, date of birth and National Insurance number
• the name, date of birth and National Insurance number of the person you care for, if you know it

Social Security Scotland also need to know the address of the person you care for, if they do not live with you. This is so they can contact them.

It will take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete the form for Carer Additional Person Payment. It’s okay if it takes you longer. You will not be able to save the form and come back to it later. It must be completed all at once.

Add a person