The Carer's Allowance Supplement is an extra payment made twice a year to Scottish people who claim Carer's Allowance on two specific qualifying dates.
These additional payments are made in June and December while the DWP continues to administer Carer's Allowance on Social Security Scotland's behalf, reports the Daily Record. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) payment was initially set at a level that would raise the original benefit to the equivalent of the current rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance for those aged 25 and over.
However, following uprating, the combined payment now exceeds the rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance. This year's supplement payments are worth £245.70 each and the latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that 81,680 payments were made to carers who were eligible in April 2022.
