Question follow-through · 10419
Carers: Earnings Rules
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the carer element of Universal Credit for unpaid carers, in the context of recent trends in the cost of living.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the carer element of Universal Credit for unpaid carers, in the context of recent trends in the cost of living.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and State Pensions. The outcome of the Secretary of State’s review will be announced in the usual way. No assessment has been made of the merit of in...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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