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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 InformationCarer’s Allowance (to under 24s)Carers Allowance (CA) is a non-contributory benefit for those who:• Look after a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week;• Are eligible before their 65th birthday;• Are not gainfully employed (i.e. not earning more than £79 per weekafter certain deductions);• Are not in full-time education.The severely disabled person whom they care for must be getting either:• The highest or middle rate of Disability Living Allowance carecomponent, or Attendance Allowance, or;• Constant Attendance Allowance paid at the normal maximum rate.The statistics for all tables are based on a 100% extract from the Carer’sAllowance computer system. The numbers for carers under 18 are small sounder-24 has been used and the data is only available at Local Authoritylevel.As at August 2008, there were 160 people under 24 caring for a severelydisabled person in Barnsley. This is 3.2% of the total number of carers inBarnsley – greater than the GB average (2.5%) but about the same as theSouth Yorkshire average (3.1%). However, expressed as a rate per 1,000population aged 16-24, Barnsley has a rate (6.2 per ‘000) more than twice thenational average (3.2 per ‘000) and the highest in South Yorkshire.7.3.2 Families and DependantsChild BenefitNB There has been no update released by HM Revenue & Customs for Child Benefit dataChild Benefit is normally paid for children up to the age of 16 or 19 if the childis in full-time non-advanced education (i.e. up to A-level or NVQ level 3standard) at a recognised educational establishment. Child Benefit can alsobe paid for a short period for 16 or 17 year olds who have just left school andare registered for work or work based training for young people. It is noncontributoryand not Income related – which essentially means nearly allfamilies are eligible for it.Data is only available at the Local Authority level. Figure 7.3.20 shows thenumber of families in receipt of Child Benefit by the size of the family for allthe South Yorkshire local authorities in 2006/07.- 125 -