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"Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter"
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chrisduran
Into-work facilitator, London Borough of Newham, Social Regeneration Unit Member since 10th Mar 2004
Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter Tue 26-Feb-08 08:50 AM
Help please.
Client is an established EEA worker who is now incapacitated. Mother came to U.K to look after her.
This is what I need help with. Can the mother get U.K. benefits as she is clearly not a dependent parent, though equally clearly she is a close family member of an EEA worker?
Welfare lawyer and social policy collator, Basingstoke CAB Member since 13th Mar 2007
RE: Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter Tue 26-Feb-08 10:00 AM
Assuming Mother is an EEA national herself and both ready and willing to do a (not minimally) part-time job, she could become a carer-worker and claim benefits to top up part-time earnings.
Into-work facilitator, London Borough of Newham, Social Regeneration Unit Member since 10th Mar 2004
RE: Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter Tue 26-Feb-08 12:43 PM
thanks, as it happens the client is an A8 national so I suppose I'll have to advise her she needs to work. To make things more complicated it appears that she is already getting Carer's Allowance. So it appears that DWP have already accepted her R2R.
Welfare lawyer and social policy collator, Basingstoke CAB Member since 13th Mar 2007
RE: Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter Tue 26-Feb-08 05:00 PM
No, carer's allowance doesn't depend on R2R, only on not being subject to immigration control and no EEA national can be deemed subject to immigration control.
Into-work facilitator, London Borough of Newham, Social Regeneration Unit Member since 10th Mar 2004
RE: Mother of EEA worker, came to U.K to care for her daughter Wed 27-Feb-08 08:27 AM
Thanks, like you say so simple. Sometimes our benefit system reminds me of a game from "It's a Knockout" with all sorts of bizarre obstructions and traps.