Question follow-through · 77739

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Carer's Allowance claimants received an (a) underpayment and (b) overpayment of their Allowance in each of the last three years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 16 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 20 Oct 2025
Answer: 21 Oct 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Carer's Allowance claimants received an (a) underpayment and (b) overpayment of their Allowance in each of the last three years.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Department published estimates of the proportion of Carer’s Allowance claims overpaid and the proportion of Carer’s Allowance claims underpaid for the financial year 2024-2025, in its annual national statistics: Fraud and error in the benefit system, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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