Multiple applications for Carer Additional Person Payment component
To be eligible for the Carer Additional Person Payment a carer needs to be:
- paid Carer Support Payment (The Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025, Regulation 14B (1-3))
- caring for any additional cared for person, who is receiving a qualifying disability benefit, for 20 hours or more a week
- no one else can receive Carer Additional Person Payment for the same additional cared for person
- and the additional cared for person for whom Carer Additional Person Payment is awarded must be a different cared for person from a Carer Support Payment cared for person.
There is no limit to the number of Carer Additional Person Payment awards a carer can receive (The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14B(2)). However, where two or more carers are providing care to the same additional cared for person, only one of them can get Carer Additional Person Payment for that additional cared for person (The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14B (7)).
A carer can receive an award of Carer Additional Person Payment included in their Carer Support award (for the same additional cared for person), where another carer is receiving any of the following (Carer Support Regulations 2025, regulation 14B (4)):
- Carer Support Payment,
- Carer’s Allowance,
- the carer element of Universal Credit,
- Young Carer Grant
Where one carer is already receiving Carer Additional Person Payment for an additional cared for person and another carer applies in respect of the same additional cared for person, a process should be carried out to determine who should be awarded the Carer Additional Person Payment as part of their Carer Support award.