Underlying Entitlement to Carer Support Payment

For any award week where an individual is entitled to one or more ‘overlapping benefit’, the amount of CSP that is to be given to the individual is to be reduced:

• by the amount of the overlapping benefit paid, or
• if the amount of the overlapping benefit is equal to or greater than the amount of CSP, the value of CSP that is to be given to the individual is £0

CSP regs, reg 16(2)(a)

 CSP regs, reg 16(2)(b)

Overlapping Benefits

The overlapping benefits for CSP are:

• State Pension or Retirement Pension 

• Incapacity Benefit 

• Severe Disablement Allowance 

• Unemployability Supplement that is paid with Industrial Injuries Disablement benefit or War Pension 

• Bereavement Allowance 

• Widow’s Allowance or Widow’s Benefit or Widowed Parent’s Allowance or Widowed Mother’s Allowance or Widow’s Pension 

• War Widow’s or Widower’s Pension 

• Maternity Allowance 

• Industrial Death Benefit 

• Contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance 

• Contributory Employment and Support Allowance 

• Training Allowance 

CSP regs, reg 16(3)(a) to (l)