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Carer's Allowance: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she make an assessment of the potential impact of the ineligibility for the Carer's Allowance of people in education for more than 21 hours a week on levels of poverty amongst young carers.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 4 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 8 Oct 2024
Answer: 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she make an assessment of the potential impact of the ineligibility for the Carer's Allowance of people in education for more than 21 hours a week on levels of poverty amongst young carers.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government recognises and appreciates the vital contribution made by all unpaid carers. It is a general principle that people in full-time education should be supported by the educational maintenance system, rather than the social security benefit sy...

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