Question follow-through · 85021
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
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
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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29 Oct 2025
Answer published
Liz Sayce OBE was commissioned to lead an Independent Review into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance (CA). The Government is carefully considering the recommendations of this Review which investigated how overpayments of CA related to earnings occurred, ho...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
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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.
Carer's allowance: Overpayments
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women are in debt to his Department through overpayments of Carers Allowance in relation to earnings.
Carer's allowance: Overpayments
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have Carer’s Allowance overpayment debts as a result of breaching the earnings limit in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the last six years for which data
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outstanding level of carers allowance overpayments debt is in relation to carers breaching the earnings limit.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the planned timetable for the reassessment of carers allowance overpayments as a result of incorrect operational guidance.
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that carers are not being pursued for overpayments where this was incurred due to incorrect operational guidance.