Question follow-through · 118650
Psychiatric Patients: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has considered to support informal carers providing care to psychiatric patients.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has considered to support informal carers providing care to psychiatric patients.
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the vital role of unpaid carers, including those caring for people with mental ill-health, and is committed to ensuring they have the support they need.We have raised the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit from £151 to £196 per wee...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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