United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 92113
Carer's Allowance
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13 December 2021
Last action
20 December 2021 · Answer
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20 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allow those not in receipt of housing benefit or pension credit, to continue to receive carer’s allowance once they reach state pension age.
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13 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allow those not in receipt of housing benefit or pension credit, to continue to receive carer’s allowance once they reach state pension age.
Source: Commons
20 December 2021
Answer
There is no upper age limit to receipt of Carer’s Allowance provided the conditions of entitlement are satisfied. 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 b...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-13/92113
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1387345
- uk · wq-1387345 · source updated 20 December 2021