@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . rdfs:label "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "14" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Treasury" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Treasury" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Treasury" ; parl:hansardHeading "Disability: Children" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase support for parents who care for disabled children at home." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Totnes" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Dr Sarah Wollaston" ; parl:uin "273782" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-05"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a benefit for children under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or require substantially more care, attention and supervision than children their age normally would. If a parent or carer is claiming Child Tax Credits (CTC) and their child is in receipt of DLA, they are also eligible for additional premiums on their award and for childcare support. Parents of disabled children may be also able to claim Carer’s Allowance.

Universal Credit is designed to ensure that work pays and the most vulnerable in society are protected, making the system fair for claimants and those who are able to support themselves solely through work. The increased work allowance in Universal Credit from April 2019 is assisting 2.4 million working families, with children or with a disability, to become better off by £635 per year.

The government is committed to protecting and supporting the most vulnerable in society. It is for that reason the government has continued to uprate disability and carer benefits by inflation, including the disability elements of tax credits.

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