| Heading: |
Carer's Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1803979 |
| UIN: |
HL7577 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
452 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bradley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Bradley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of carers in receipt of Carer's Allowance do not receive any additional income from paid employment. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
Data from the Family Resource Survey (FRS) 2023/2024, shows that around 61% of families in receipt of Carer’s Allowance in England and Wales did not also have someone in paid employment. This includes self-employment and part-time employment. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |