Mr. R?n?n Hession:

Carer's allowance is payable where a person is being cared for at home and being given full-time care and attention, which I think is 30 or 35 hours. It is only payable under the law for the person at home. A change has been made in the recent budget on domiciliary care allowance so that if a child does not leave hospital in the first six months in can continue for up to 26 weeks. There are period breaks in the payments. It was 12 weeks but I think we may have changed it. If a child or person being cared for needs to go into hospital or residential care for a period, the payment continues but is time-limited.