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1717589

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding Carer’s Allowance Verify Earnings and Pension service alerts there were at the end of the financial year 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	25731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The DWP is currently developing recommendations focused on helping claimants understand their responsibilities to report a change of circumstances and how DWP can help prevent the accumulation of debts amongst Carer’s Allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/05/2024 10:25:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1713460

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for Carer’s Allowance to a larger number of unpaid carers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of unpaid care work on the (a) physical and (b) mental health of women.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	23527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government keeps Carer’s Allowance under review to see whether it is meeting its objectives. It has no current plans to extend the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Questions on the impact of unpaid care work on individuals are matters for the Department of Health and Social Care in England and for the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Carer’s Allowance is a devolved benefit in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/05/2024 16:10:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1713461

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for Carers Allowance for carers with overlapping benefits.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	23528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-12/21151" target="_blank">21151</a> given on 22 April 2024.</p><p>Carer’s Allowance is a devolved benefit in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/05/2024 16:15:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1713464

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for Carers Allowance for carers with overpayments of National Insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	23529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Entitlement to Carer’s Allowance is not based on having paid, or been credited with, National Insurance contributions, or on passing a means test. Rather, the basic entitlement conditions largely relate to the care being provided; whether the carer is in gainful employment or studying full-time; and residency tests.</p><p> </p><p>Carer’s Allowance is a devolved benefit in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/05/2024 16:16:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1713465

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the weekly earning limits for Carer’s Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	23530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-12/21148" target="_blank">21148</a> given on 22 April 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Carer’s Allowance is a devolved benefit in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/05/2024 16:13:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1700263

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance in-line with the National Living Wage for financial year 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	21148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The weekly earnings limit for Carer’s Allowance has just increased from £139 to £151 net earnings per week, in line with the increase Average Weekly Earnings of 8.5%. Successive Governments have taken the same approach to the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit and increased it when it is warranted and affordable. The earnings limit has increased by one half since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2024 14:17:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1700267

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Carer’s Allowance to £93 per week.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	21152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government continues to protect the value of benefits paid to carers whilst also spending record amounts in real terms.</p><p>The level of Carer’s Allowance is protected by uprating it each April in line with inflation as measured by the CPI for the previous September. The purpose of benefit uprating is to ensure that the value of benefits stays in line with the general level of prices. From April 2024, the Carer’s Allowance payment was increased to £81.90. Since 2010, the rate of Carer’s Allowance has increased from £53.90 to £81.90 a week, providing an additional £1,500 a year for carers.</p><p>Real terms expenditure on Carer’s Allowance in 2024/25 is forecast to be £4.1 billion. Between 2024/25 and 2028/29 real terms expenditure on Carer’s Allowance is forecast to rise by 12% - around £500 million. By 2028/29, the Government is forecast to spend just over £4.5 billion a year on Carer’s Allowance.</p><p /><p>As well as Carer’s Allowance, carers have access to the full range of social security benefits. For example, carers on Universal Credit can receive around an additional £2,400 a year through the Carer Element.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2024 14:22:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1700327

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure carers are made aware when they have exceeded the threshold for claiming carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>DWP remains focussed and passionate about ensuring that the experience for our DWP customers is at the forefront of the decisions that we make, the processes we deliver, and the improvements that we design.</p><p> </p><p>We have made it easier for customers to contact DWP via the channel that makes the most sense for them. DWP customers can report change of circumstances by telephone, letter, and online via GOV.UK which outlines the routeway of how a customer should notify DWP for each benefit where changes occur. This includes the use of Universal Credit Journal to report changes directly to the appropriate benefit affected where earnings increase or decrease accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>For customers seeking advice on Carer’s Allowance (CA) entitlement, GOV.UK provides detail on eligibility. The CA threshold for earnings is £151 a week from April 2024, after tax, National Insurance, and expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Following a successful claim to CA customers are issued with an ‘award letter’ which includes a reminder that ‘You <strong>must</strong> tell us if your earnings or expenses change.” This helps to ensure that their CA claim runs smoothly, and the earnings threshold for claiming Carer's Allowance is not exceeded.</p><p> </p><p>As benefit and pension rates are uprated, CA customers are further issued with new benefit rate ‘uprating letters’ which also include reminders to report changes in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>For irregular earners, CA work closely with our customers to ensure CA is only paid for the periods when the customer’s earnings fluctuate and are below the earnings limit. In this way, this should ensure that CA is not overpaid, as information is obtained from the customer for set periods of time to ensure CA is paid correctly for that period.</p><p> </p><p>As our customers rightly expect, DWP is committed to continuous improvement, and we have many mechanisms in place to measure, and analyse the experience of our customers, providing DWP with a rich source of feedback that helps us to review and improve our services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/04/2024 14:19:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1693223

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to introduce legislative proposals to increase the amount of caring allowance available to people who care for more than one person.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given 19 September 2023 to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-14/199589" target="_blank">199589</a> relating to England and Wales. Carer’s Allowance is a devolved matter in Scotland, and social security is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 17:12:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1670699

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Carers UK's publication entitled State of Caring Survey 2023, published 17 October 2023; and if he will make it his policy to (a) raise the level of and (b) widen the eligibility criteria for the Caring Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>I am grateful to Carers UK for its publication. It is important that unpaid carers should receive all the financial support that is available to them, including from the benefit system through Universal Credit for those on the lowest incomes, and through Carer’s Allowance. We keep this support under continual review, reflecting a wide range of data and evidence, including from key stakeholders such as Carers UK, to see whether it is meeting its policy objectives.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/11/2023 15:25:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas