United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 84325
Carer's Allowance
Introduced
30 November 2021
Last action
10 December 2021 · Answer
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10 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allow unpaid carers who meet all the conditions for Carer’s Allowance but don’t receive it because it overlaps with the state pension to receive a payment in recognitio
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30 November 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allow unpaid carers who meet all the conditions for Carer’s Allowance but don’t receive it because it overlaps with the state pension to receive a payment in recognitio
Source: Commons
10 December 2021
Answer
It has been a long-held feature of the UK’s benefit system, under successive Governments, that where someone is entitled to two benefits in broadly the same circumstance then only one will be paid in full. Although entitlement to State Pension and Carer’s...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-30/84325
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1383473
- uk · wq-1383473 · source updated 10 December 2021