Answers · Benefit
Who can get Carer’s Allowance?
£86.45 a week in 2026/27. The person you care for must get a qualifying disability benefit. The earnings limit used here is £196 a week, the 2025/26 published figure. Confirm the current limit.
- Paid by Department for Work and Pensions.
- The catalogue looks for: Caring 35 hours a week or more was ticked.
- The catalogue looks for: The person cared for gets a qualifying disability benefit.
- The catalogue looks for: Your earnings are under the weekly limit.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Department for Work and Pensions
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.