Question follow-through · 25387
Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has been given to increasing the earnings limit for those in receipt of the carer's allowance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has been given to increasing the earnings limit for those in receipt of the carer's allowance.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has taken steps to improve Carer’s Allowance (CA), including basing the weekly earnings limit on a calculation of 16 hours work at the level of the National Living Wage. The increase in April 2025 was the largest in the earnings limit since...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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