Chapter 2: Carer support payment

• 1. What is carer support payment
• 2. Who is eligible
• Full-time non-advanced education
• Basic rules
• 3. Amount of benefit
• 4. Claiming carer support payment
• 5. Challenging a decision
• 6. Other benefits and tax credits
• The disabled person's benefit
• Overlapping benefits
• Getting a carer premium or element
• Working tax credit
• Carer's allowance supplement
• Young carer grant

Basic facts

•Carer support payment (CSP) is paid to people who care for someone with a disability.
•It is being rolled out gradually for new claims in 2024.
•Most students can claim CSP.
•CSP is not means tested, but you cannot get it if you work and earn more than £151 a week.
•Getting CSP qualifies you for a carer element in universal credit or a carer premium in your income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income-related employment and support allowance and housing benefit.