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Injury Benefit and Disablement Benefit may be payable to people disabled as a result of an accident at work or a prescribed disease contracted at work. Disability Allowance is payable to disabled people over 16 and under 66 years of age. The disability must have continued, or be expected to continue, for at least 12 months.
Approximately 33,000 full-time carers qualify for the Carers Allowance from the government. This Allowance is means tested. The government has committed to developing a National Carers Strategy by the middle of 2008. [3] The Carers Association was the subject of a chapter-length study in Care Work: The Quest for Security. [4]
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.
The Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 19: The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 20
The act gives carers new rights to information – section 1 of the act places a duty on local authorities to inform carers of their right to a Carers Assessment. Ensures that work, lifelong learning and leisure are considered when a carer is assessed – section 2 means that when a Carer's Assessment is being completed it must take into ...
The Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 (c. 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed at helping carers achieve fair access to training, work and leisure opportunities.
In 1981, Judith Oliver, a carer for her husband, founded the Association of Carers, aided by a grant of £9,879 from the Equal Opportunities Commission. The group campaigned for Invalid Care Allowance to be extended to married women. Following a test case brought to the European Court on behalf of Jackie Drake, in June 1986 the government was ...
The Disability and Carers Service offers financial support for those who are disabled and their carers, whether in or out of employment. The DCS have offices throughout the country and deal with the following benefits: [26] Disability Living Allowance; Attendance Allowance; Carer's Allowance; Vaccine Damage Payment; Personal Independence Payment