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date	2024-04-12
question first answered	2024-04-22T14:17:48.277Z
min question first answered	2023-02-03T11:09:57.157Z

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answering body

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

hansard heading

house id

legislature


pref label

question text

tabling member constituency

tabling member printed

uin

answer

is ministerial correction

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answer text

answering member constituency

answering member printed

question first answered

answering member


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tabling member


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1700263

registered interest

date

12/04/2024

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Carer's Allowance

house id

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

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