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UIN 40083

Carer's Allowance: State Retirement Pensions

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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20 March 2025

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25 March 2025 · Answer

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25 March 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling carers receiving Carer's allowance who defer drawing state pension to receive the same uplift as those who do not.

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  1. 20 March 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling carers receiving Carer's allowance who defer drawing state pension to receive the same uplift as those who do not.

    Source: Commons

  2. 25 March 2025

    Answer

    Where a person has deferred claiming their State Pension, they cannot accumulate increments that will increase their State Pension amount if they have received certain social security benefits including Carer’s Allowance. The underlying principle is to pr...

    Source: Written answer

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