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Universal Credit: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential impact of rules preventing Universal Credit claimants from receiving the (a) Carer and (b) Limited Capability for Work and Work-Rela

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
17 Jun 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential impact of rules preventing Universal Credit claimants from receiving the (a) Carer and (b) Limited Capability for Work and Work-Rela

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Universal Credit impact assessment published in December 2012 assessed the impacts of introducing Universal Credit. It did not specifically reference carers, but it set out how households’ awards would be affected by the overall combination of changes...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Carer's Allowance

5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of taxable benefits in kind appearing in payroll data on Carer’s Allowance earnings limit.

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Carer's Allowance

16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving Carer’s Allowance are aware that taxable benefits in kind, including employer contributions to private health schemes, may be treated

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