| Heading: |
Personal Independence Payment: Carer's Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1796323 |
| UIN: |
47562 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5335 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jess Brown-Fuller
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| Asking Member handle: |
JessBrownFuller
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JessBrownFuller
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments are also in receipt of Carer's Allowance. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
According to the latest figures from August 2024, in England and Wales there were 3,512,676 people claiming Personal Independence Payment. Of these, 190,186, or 5.4%, also claimed Carer’s Allowance.These figures include people who receive Carer’s Allowanc... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |