§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the estimated cost to the Exchequer, in a full year, of extending the payment of invalid care allowance to all carers for eight weeks after the death of the person cared for in line with the eight week extension of carers' premium paid under similar circumstances to those in receipt of income support. [23555]
§ Mr. DenhamThe estimated programme cost of such a measure is £5 million.
Source:
Invalid Care Allowance (ICA) Unit Quarterly Statistics; DSS ICA cessation forecasts.
Note:
Costs are net of impact of income-related benefits in payment but assume no change in the income-related benefit rule whereby the carer premium can continue for a further eight weeks after ICA ceases.