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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2015-09-11more like thismore than 2015-09-11
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Carer's Allowance: Scotland more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of carer's allowance in Scotland who stopped receiving that allowance due to earning more than £110 per week in the last 12 months. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh East more like this
tabling member printed
Tommy Sheppard more like this
uin 9981 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-09-16more like thismore than 2015-09-16
answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>A carer can earn up to £110 a week after National Insurance, tax and other allowable expenses are deducted and still be able to receive Carer’s Allowance. The earnings limit was increased by 8% in April 2015 and 4,000 people will benefit from this increase this year. We have no plans to move to a taper system.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson remove filter
grouped question UIN 9983 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-09-16T12:39:16.623Zmore like thismore than 2015-09-16T12:39:16.623Z
answering member
4105
label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4453
label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard more like this