United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 32281
Carer's Allowance
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13 July 2021
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19 July 2021 · Answer
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19 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who would be eligible to claim carers allowance if the hours of care requirement are reduced from 35 hours to (a) 30 hours, (b) 25 hours and (c) 20 hou
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13 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who would be eligible to claim carers allowance if the hours of care requirement are reduced from 35 hours to (a) 30 hours, (b) 25 hours and (c) 20 hou
Source: Commons
19 July 2021
Answer
The threshold of providing at least 35 hours care a week has been in place since Carer’s Allowance (CA) was first introduced in 1976, and has been maintained by successive Governments as a reasonable point at which many carers would find it difficult to c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-13/32281
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1346297
- uk · wq-1346297 · source updated 19 July 2021