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Personal Independence Payment: Blue Badge Scheme and Carer's Allowance |
| Question ID: |
1817489 |
| UIN: |
63503 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5362 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Angus MacDonald
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Angus MacDonald
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of uncoupling Carer’s Allowance and Blue Badges from PIP. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
| 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: |
It is a long-established principle that in order for an unpaid carer to receive Carer’s Allowance the person they are caring for should be receiving a “trigger” disability benefit. This link acts as a proxy for establishing that care needs exist. We have ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |