United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99912
Carer's Allowance
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30 November 2022
Last action
5 December 2022 · Answer
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5 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of raising the earnings threshold for Carer’s Allowance to work for up to 21 hours a week at National Living Wages rates for financial year 2023-24.
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30 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of raising the earnings threshold for Carer’s Allowance to work for up to 21 hours a week at National Living Wages rates for financial year 2023-24.
Source: Commons
5 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/2022-11-30/99912
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1546931
- uk · wq-1546931 · source updated 5 December 2022