Question follow-through · 56342
Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Care's Allowance have been processed by her Department in each month since 1 November 2023; and how many and what proportion of those applications took (a) between six and nine
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Care's Allowance have been processed by her Department in each month since 1 November 2023; and how many and what proportion of those applications took (a) between six and nine
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
The number of Carer’s Allowance new claim applications cleared in each month, starting November 2023, is shown below in Table 1 below. This is based upon weekly data, starting week commencing 30th October 2023 (see ‘Notes to Table 1’ for more information)...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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