Question follow-through · 21360
Carers: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assess levels of poverty among unpaid carers; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of unpaid carers who live in poverty.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assess levels of poverty among unpaid carers; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of unpaid carers who live in poverty.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2025
Answer published
Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting elderly or disabled relatives or friends. Sometimes unpaid carers will need to turn to the benefit system for financial support, so it is right that we keep Carer’s Allowance under review, to see if it is meet...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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