Question follow-through · 109366
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of pausing deductions being taken from Carer's Allowance payments as a result of earnings-related overpayments while the Department reassesses t
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of pausing deductions being taken from Carer's Allowance payments as a result of earnings-related overpayments while the Department reassesses t
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
We have been clear that the Sayce review into earnings related Carer’s Allowance overpayments was not a substitute for legal proceedings. The report’s findings do not prejudice business-as-usual activity by DWP. The department must balance fairness for un...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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