Question follow-through · 26064

Carer's Allowance: State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying carers allowance beyond State Pension age.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying carers allowance beyond State Pension age.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to question UIN 6904.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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