Subject	Predicate	Object
JH2MAele	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	qudXF8ad
	answer has answering person	Thomas Christopher John Pursglove
	answer text	<p>Earlier this month the weekly Carer’s Allowance earnings limit increased from £132 to £139 net. This increase of 5.5% is in line with growth in Average Weekly Earnings for the year to May-July 2022, as published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).</p><p>DWP uses the ONS Annual Average Weekly Earnings growth measure for benefit uprating purposes where appropriate, as it is regarded as the most robust and up to date estimate of earnings growth across the economy available at the time we review the earnings limit. Increases in the Carer’s Allowance weekly earnings limit are designed to try and ensure that it maintains its value. Therefore, the appropriate proxy for any increase is changes in wages (wage inflation), rather than a wider price inflation measure. Since 2010, the earnings limit will have increased by nearly 40%.</p>
	answer given date	2023-04-19
	answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	written answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has written answer	JH2MAele
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has answer	JH2MAele
qudXF8ad	question has answer	JH2MAele
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove	answering person has answer	JH2MAele