Question follow-through · 48278

Carers Allowance and Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers concurrently on Personal Independence Payments and Carers Allowance are expected to lose (a) PIP and (b) PIP and Carers Allowance.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 25 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 30 Apr 2025
Answer: 30 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unpaid carers concurrently on Personal Independence Payments and Carers Allowance are expected to lose (a) PIP and (b) PIP and Carers Allowance.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold the data requested.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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