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date	18/05/2021
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 her Department is taking to increase the take up of carers' allowance by eligible people.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	3187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>1 million carers were entitled to Carer’s Allowance in 2010/11. By 2025/26 we forecast that this will have increased to just over 1.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Carer’s Allowance is widely available, including online through Gov.uk. Organisations supporting carers, and other stakeholders and partners, also make information available on carers benefits, including Carer’s Allowance.</p><p /><p>Carer’s Allowance can be applied for online and since this option was made available in October 2013 over 1.5 million people have applied that way. Since April 2020, over 90% of Carer’s Allowance applications have been made online and over 90% of those customers have said they are happy with the online service.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2021 13:43:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1315730

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date	18/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Tax policies and consultations: Spring 2021, when he plans to publish the response to the consultation on the business rate treatment of self-catered accommodation.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	3188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government announced on the 23 March that it will legislate to change the business rates criteria for self-catering accommodation to account for actual days the property was rented. We are working to finalise details of this change and how it will be implemented, reflecting the responses received to the consultation. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/05/2021 16:45:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild