| Heading: |
Carer's Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1812343 |
| UIN: |
59626 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5351 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gregory Stafford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Gregory Stafford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility rules for Carer’s Allowance for claimants receiving the State Pension. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
| 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: |
Although there is no upper age limit to claiming Carer’s Allowance, it cannot normally be paid with the State Pension. It has been a long-held feature of the GB benefit system, under successive Governments, that where someone is entitled to two benefits f... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |