The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made by my Department to full-time carers. The due date of the grant is the 1st Thursday in June. Over 90% of all grants are paid automatically on this date to persons in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. A small number of persons in receipt of Constant Attendance Allowance (108 in 2018) also receive payment of the grant. In addition, over 5,600 carers received payment of the ‘standalone’ grant in 2018.
Table 1 shows details of all grants paid in 2018. A total of 476 claims were refused/withdrawn in 2018.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Table 1: Carer’s Support Grants paid in 2018
Month
|
Grants paid automatically
|
‘Standalone’ Grants paid
|
Total Grants
|
January
|
315
|
222
|
537
|
February
|
472
|
194
|
666
|
March
|
341
|
117
|
458
|
April
|
194
|
113
|
307
|
May
|
169
|
36
|
205
|
June
|
104,736
|
3,464
|
108,200
|
July
|
2,108
|
516
|
2,624
|
August
|
1,770
|
260
|
2,030
|
September
|
1,158
|
197
|
1,355
|
October
|
1,529
|
218
|
1,747
|
November
|
825
|
184
|
1,009
|
December
|
694
|
144
|
838
|
Total
|
114,311
|
5,665
|
119,975
|