Declaring holiday with Carers Allowance

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Hello everyone,

I am considering taking a holiday by myself. Just enquiring if anyone had issues when reporting this to the Benefit Agency. Smooth sailing or not?

Thanks for your advice in advance.

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To be honest, I don’t know anyone who ever reported it, mainly because they were only away for a few days and were still fitting in 35 hours of care during the rest of the time.

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ok thanks. I was thinking being away for a week or two.

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You are allowed a break, in fact it’s vital for your long term well being. Where are you thinking of going?

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Thank you. definitely needed. Nothing solid or specific country…but hopefully Europe.

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I don’t think there’s any point in declaring it if you’re going away for no more than two weeks. I got this from the CUK main website - the second half is the one that applies:

You can continue to be paid Carer’s Allowance for a temporary period whilst you are abroad if you meet all of the following conditions:

• you go abroad with the person you look after
• they continue to receive a qualifying disability benefit (likely to be a maximum of 26 weeks)
• the purpose of your trip is to look after them.

In any other circumstances, you can continue to be paid Carer’s Allowance for up to four weeks as long as you have not had more than four weeks’ break from caring in the last 26 weeks.

You may have had up to a further eight weeks’ break from caring in the last 26 weeks if the reason for the break was because you were in hospital or the person you care for was in hospital.

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