Question follow-through · 59626
Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility rules for Carer’s Allowance for claimants receiving the State Pension.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility rules for Carer’s Allowance for claimants receiving the State Pension.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
Although there is no upper age limit to claiming Carer’s Allowance, it cannot normally be paid with the State Pension. It has been a long-held feature of the GB benefit system, under successive Governments, that where someone is entitled to two benefits f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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