3. Non-means-tested benefitsDisability benefitsCarer support paymentTime off from caringCarer element, carer premium and carer additionDisability benefitsChild disability payment (CDP) (both components) continues to be paid while your child is in hospital and can be awarded if your child is already in hospital when the claim is made. Provided your child is under 18 on the day they enter hospital as an inpatient, adult disability payment (ADP) (both components) continues to be paid regardless of how long they remain in hospital. If your child is aged 16 or over, but under 18 when they go into hospital, ADP can be awarded and paid after they have gone into hospital.1ADP Reg 28(1) DAWAP(S) Regs 1 ADP Reg 28(1) DAWAP(S) Regs » Carer support paymentTime off from caringCarer element, carer premium and carer additionProvided your child is getting CDP care component middle or highest rate, or ADP daily living component, you can continue to get carer support payment (CSP) while your child is in hospital, as long as you continue to meet the normal conditions of entitlement – eg, you continue to care for your child for 35 hours or more a week. Time off from caringYou can still be entitled to CSP during temporary breaks from caring. You can have a break from caring of up to four weeks in any period of 26 weeks, or a break of up to 12 weeks if either you or the person for whom you care is receiving treatment in a hospital for at least eight of the 12 weeks.1Reg 40 CA(CSP)(S) Regs See here for more on breaks from caring. 1 Reg 40 CA(CSP)(S) Regs » Carer element, carer premium and carer additionThe carer element in your universal credit (UC) stops if you no longer have ‘regular and substantial’ caring responsibilities for your child (see here).1Regs 29 and 30 UC Regs You can have a short break from caring and still count as having regular and substantial caring responsibilities. This break can last for up to 12 weeks if your child has been in hospital for at least eight of those weeks. If your entitlement to CSP stops, the carer premium or carer addition (see here) in your income-related employment and support allowance, pension credit or housing benefit stops eight weeks later.2ESA Sch 4 para 8(4) ESA RegsPC Sch 1 Part II para 4(3) SPC RegsHB Sch 3 para 17(2) HB Regs; Sch 3 para 9(2) HB(SPC) Regs 1 Regs 29 and 30 UC Regs »2 ESA Sch 4 para 8(4) ESA RegsPC Sch 1 Part II para 4(3) SPC RegsHB Sch 3 para 17(2) HB Regs; Sch 3 para 9(2) HB(SPC) Regs »