Can Carers Allowance Be Backdated. If you were entitled to Carers Allowance before the date you claimed it you can ask for it to be backdated for up to three months. Carers Allowance can be backdated for up to 3 months from the date of your application.
It does not matter why your claim is late. 1142020 A carer who is providing care on a part-time basis to someone who attends a residential institution for example every other week can also be accommodated on the Carers Allowance scheme. Unfortunately it cannot be backdated from when the PIP claim started.
You cant simply transfer your Carers Allowance to someone else.
If so then Carers allowance will be back dated to the date you qualified providing its claimed within 3 months of the PIP decision You will need to wait for your payments to re-start before being able to claim it. It does not matter why your claim is late. You cant simply transfer your Carers Allowance to someone else. And it needs to be backdated to when everybody else got the start of it.