Question follow-through · 44264

Employment Schemes: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to provide specialist employment support for unpaid carers to get into work.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Apr 2025
Target answer date
8 Apr 2025
Answer
14 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to provide specialist employment support for unpaid carers to get into work.

  2. 8 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Our Get Britain Working plan aims to reduce economic inactivity levels and take the first steps to delivering our long-term ambition to achieve an 80% employment rate. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunities they need to achieve and thrive, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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