Is it possible to receive 'mutual' carers' allowan

My daughter gets PIP at the higher rates in each part, so she's on the maximum. I live with, and care for, my daughter, and there is no-one else in the house with us.

I have too high an income from other means to be able to get Carers' Allowance for her PIP, but I am on 'Carers' Credit' so I get my National Insurance stamp paid. In addition to her PIP, my daughter gets about £110 per month from a survivor's pension from her late mother's pension scheme.

I have just received notification that I too am going to receive PIP for the daily living part.

Can my daughter therefore claim Carers' Allowance for caring for me? In other words, can we be 'mutual carers' even though we are both on PIP?

And are there any risks? For example, in our case, I do all the practical stuff and push my daughter's wheelchair, but she provides essential emotional support to me despite being disabled; I would express this as saying that we are co-dependent. But could the DWP assume that because she is caring for me, that this means she should not herself be entitled to PIP?

I hope this makes sense! Thanks in advance

Hi Gary, thanks for that. She would qualify because she fits all those criteria.

However, my main question is this: would the fact that she cares for me mean that her own PIP claim would be at risk, because the DWP might unjustly think that if she is capable of caring for someone, then she is not disabled enough to warrant having PIP?. Even though the care that she gives me does not clash with her disability? In other words, could she lose her PIP or be forced into a reassessment because she is caring for me 35+ hours per week?