subsídio por assistência de terceira pessoa
Published 8 November 2026, 21:11
subsídio por assistência de terceira pessoa, SPATP (allowance for constant care of a disabled child)
A monthly allowance for a family in which a disabled child under 11 receives the supplement to child benefit and needs constant care from another person. It is paid both under the contributory scheme (when the parent has paid contributions) and under the non-contributory one, on the basis of need.
Where you come across it. Families with a severely disabled child; this allowance also opens the way to carer status.
It cannot be combined with the main carer's allowance: if the carer receives it, they won't get the carer's allowance, because it is counted as the cared-for person's supplement and deducted in the calculation.