More than 84,800 people providing unpaid care could be due the Carer Support Allowance payment on June 7. Social Security Scotland has confirmed that tens of thousands of people claiming Carer’s Allowance will receive a one-off payment for £288.60 on Friday, June 7.
Carer’s Allowance Supplement is an automatic payment made twice each year by the Scottish Government to recognise the important contribution made by unpaid carers. To qualify for the automatic payment next month, people need to have been in receipt of either Carer’s Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), or the newly launched Carer Support Payment from Social Security Scotland, on April 8, 2024. People who applied for either benefit before that deadline, who are waiting on an award decision, will receive the payment in arrears if their claim is successful.
The payment is administered by Social Security Scotland and delivered separately from Carer’s Allowance . The second Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment will be made in December to those in claim on October 7, 2024 - the exact payment date will be confirmed later this year. In a post on X, Social Security Scotland wrote: “Carer’s Allowance Supplement will be paid on Friday 7 June.
The £288.60 payment will be made automatically to people who were getting Carer Support Payment or Carer’s Allowance on 8 April 2024.” The latest figures from the DWP show that in August last year 84,896 people were receiving Carer’s Allowance.
