Who can get Carer's Allowance Supplement

To get Carer's Allowance Supplement you must:

• live in Scotland on a particular date or have a genuine and sufficient link to Scotland 
• be getting Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance payments on a particular date

The person you care for does not have to live in Scotland.

Carer Support Payment has replaced Carer’s Allowance in Scotland. It became available across Scotland from November 2024.

Find out who can apply for Carer Support Payment 

Dates

If you're getting Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance on 14 April 2025, you'll get a Carer's Allowance Supplement payment in June 2025.

If you did not get a Carer's Allowance Supplement payment in December 2024, you'll get this payment in June 2025 if either:

• you were getting Carer's Allowance on 7 October 2024
• your award for Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance was backdated to 7 October 2024

Carer Support Payment is replacing Carer's Allowance in Scotland. It's available in some parts of Scotland from 20 November 2023 and was rolled out nationally from October 2024. 

If you're getting Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance on 13 October 2025, you'll get a Carer's Allowance Supplement payment in December 2025.

If you do not get Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance

You must get Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance to get Carer's Allowance Supplement. If you want to, you can find out more about what benefits you could get.

Some people do not get Carer's Allowance because they get other benefits instead. This is called an 'underlying entitlement'.

You will not get Carer's Allowance Supplement if you have an underlying entitlement to Carer Support Payment or Carer's Allowance.