Question follow-through · 15024

Carers' Benefits: Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available to carers who incur additional living costs supporting people whose Personal Independence Payments are stopped upon entering hospital as long-term in-patients.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
25 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available to carers who incur additional living costs supporting people whose Personal Independence Payments are stopped upon entering hospital as long-term in-patients.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance (CA) is to provide a measure of support and recognition to those whose caring responsibilities mean they are unable to work full time. In order to receive CA, the person being cared for must be in receipt of a disa...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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