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Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the median processing time for Carer's Allowance applications was in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the median processing time for Carer's Allowance applications was in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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