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724237

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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, whether he plans to make carer's allowance available to carers in receipt of a state pension.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	71855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Where a carer's State Pension is less than Carer's Allowance, State Pension is paid and topped up with Carer's Allowance to the basic weekly rate of Carer's Allowance, which is currently £62.70 a week.</p><p> </p><p>However, where the State Pension paid is higher than £62.70, social security rules operate to prevent Carer’s Allowance and State Pension being paid together, since they are designed to meet the same need i.e. to help maintain income. Paying both benefits together would represent duplicate provision. The relevant legislation is The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (regulation 4), which can be found at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf</a></p><p><br>Where Carer’s Allowance cannot be paid, the person will keep underlying entitlement to the benefit. This gives access to the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit, worth up to £34.95 a week, and even if a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/04/2017 08:36:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

720852

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of paying carer's allowance to all those eligible for that benefit, including those with an underlying entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>An estimate of the overall cost to the public purse of paying Carer’s Allowance to those claimants with an underlying entitlement, but not receiving a payment, is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on Carer’s Allowance is published within the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables 2017 – available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number of people (i) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance and (ii) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance are available within Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 70270 question first answered 20/04/2017 09:40:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

720853

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 people who are eligible for carer's allowance currently (a) receive that benefit and (b) have an underlying entitlement without payment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>An estimate of the overall cost to the public purse of paying Carer’s Allowance to those claimants with an underlying entitlement, but not receiving a payment, is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on Carer’s Allowance is published within the Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables 2017 – available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number of people (i) receiving a payment for Carer’s Allowance and (ii) have an underlying entitlement to Carer’s Allowance are available within Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 70269 question first answered 20/04/2017 09:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

670343

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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 estimate he has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance by age in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of indvidiuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the total number of individuals entitled to Carer’s Allowance, including those not in receipt of a payment, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 59092 question first answered 12/01/2017 16:00:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670350

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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 estimate he has made of the number of individuals in receipt of carers allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	59092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of indvidiuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the total number of individuals entitled to Carer’s Allowance, including those not in receipt of a payment, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 59195 question first answered 12/01/2017 16:00:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

669103

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 plans the Government has to reform the earnings limit applied to the carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	58823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>I would refer my Hon Friend to PQ55481, my previous answer to this question given on 2 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/01/2017 15:25:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

648912

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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 applications for carer's allowance his Department has received since 2010; and how many of those applications were (a) accepted and (b) declined.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>From January 2010 to October 2016 the Department received 1,772,422 applications for Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are unable to provide the volumes of applications accepted or declined because the data is not routinely held. The outcome of claims was initially recorded by clerical means. Following the move to a digital process, 75% of applicants are advised of probable disallowance at the point of claim and will not therefore appear on the system as a claim.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/12/2016 17:41:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

647816

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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 it his policy for carers who are in full-time education to receive carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	55467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises and appreciates the vital contribution made by carers in supporting the most vulnerable in society including the elderly and those with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government thinks it is right that people in full-time education should be supported by the educational maintenance system, via its range of loans and grants, and not the social security system. That is why, as a general principle, full-time students are usually precluded from entitlement to income-related and income-maintenance benefits.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government thinks it is important that carers maintain links with the education system and therefore carers are able to undertake part-time education and still receive Carer’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/12/2016 10:58:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

647820

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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 raise the earnings limit for eligibility for the carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	55481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>An increase to the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit from April 2017 was announced by my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery in Written Statement HCWS287 on 28.11.16.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-11-28/HCWS287/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-11-28/HCWS287/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/12/2016 12:26:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

644000

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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 people will lose entitlement to carer's allowance as a result of increases to the national minimum wage taking their income over the earning limit for that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The impact that a carer’s earnings, including those receiving the National Minimum Wage, will have on their entitlement to Carer’s Allowance (CA) will depend on the number of hours they work a week and their net salary for CA purposes once allowable deductions have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CA earnings limit will be increasing from £110 to £116 a week from April 2017. This 5% increase outstrips the current average increase in earnings. Up to 2,000 carers will benefit from this change.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 13:03:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady