Question follow-through · 57906
Universal Credit: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a work allowance within Universal Credit for unpaid carers looking after (a) disabled and (b) ill (i) relatives and (
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Employment: Disability · 17 Jun 2025
- Carer's Allowance: Reform · 26 Aug 2025
- Disability Living Allowance: Children · 10 Sept 2025
- Carer's Allowance: Overpayments · 24 Oct 2025
- Carer's Allowance: Overpayments · 3 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a work allowance within Universal Credit for unpaid carers looking after (a) disabled and (b) ill (i) relatives and (
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
No recent assessment has been made. The carers element in Universal Credit is an additional amount of benefit paid to support carers who provide care of 35 hours or more each week for a severely disabled person and as such these particular claimants have ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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26 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to reform Carer's Allowance.
Supported Housing: Young People
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support young people in supported accommodation as they increase their paid working hours.
Disability Living Allowance: Children
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review Disability Living Allowance criteria for children with severe dietary conditions.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
24 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have a Carer’s Allowance overpayment debt as a result of breaching the earnings limit in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland (i) for which the latest data is av
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on clearing the backlog of Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts in relation to earnings.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department’s plans to process all Carer’s Allowance overpayments in relation to earnings.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on processing Carer's Allowance overpayments; and when that process will be completed.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carer’s Allowance overpayments in relation to earnings there are.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the value of Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts in relation to earnings.
Carer's allowance: Overpayments
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of Carer’s Allowance in relation to earnings there are in the value brackets (a) £0.01.00 - £500.00, (b) £501.00 - £1000.00, (c) £1,001.00 - £5,000.00, (d) £5,000.01 - £20,000 and
Carer's allowance: Overpayments
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carer’s Allowance overpayments there have been in relation to earnings in each year for the last five years.