United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98809
Carer's Allowance
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29 November 2022
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2 December 2022 · Answer
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2 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the weekly earning limits for Carers Allowance.
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29 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the weekly earning limits for Carers Allowance.
Source: Commons
2 December 2022
Answer
Many carers who are receiving Carer’s Allowance are also in households receiving Universal Credit, whose structure of tapers and work allowances (where applicable) effectively takes precedence over the earnings rules in Carer’s Allowance for these carers....
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-29/98809
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1546431
- uk · wq-1546431 · source updated 2 December 2022