Question follow-through · 4058
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30627, if he will provide updated figures on the number of carers with Carer's Allowance overpayment debts as a result of breaching the earnings
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30627, if he will provide updated figures on the number of carers with Carer's Allowance overpayment debts as a result of breaching the earnings
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
Overpayments can arise for a number of reasons. With respect to those linked to the treatment of earnings in Carer’s Allowance, we inherited a system where some busy carers, already struggling under a huge weight of caring responsibilities, found themselv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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