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Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.
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That represented nearly 10 per cent of the population and of those, 21 per cent (1.09 million) provided care for 50 or more hours per week. The Act requires assessments to be offered to carers, to consider the needs of carers in relation to leisure, education, training and work.
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The Care Act 2014, which received royal assent on 14 May 2014, and came into effect on 1 April 2015, [29] strengthens the rights and recognition of carers in the social care system; including, for the first time, giving carers a clear right to receive services, even if the person they care for does not receive local authority funding. [30]
The Act was unusual in respect of being one of the few Acts to have started its progress in the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons. [5] The Care Act is a lengthy act (129 clauses in the main part of the Act) addressing many issues: from a review of the public consultation 107 recommendations were made of which many were adopted. [6]