Carer's Allowance
(asked on 29th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the earnings threshold was for (a) Carer’s Allowance and (b) Invalid Care Allowance in each of the last 30 years.
Carer’s Allowance, formerly known as Invalid Care Allowance, was introduced in 1976.
The following table provides details of all increases to the earnings limit, from 1976 to the present day.
Date from | Date to | Earnings limit |
05.07.76 | 11.11.82 | £6 |
12.11.82 | 08.04.90 | £12 |
09.04.90 | 07.04.91 | £20 |
08.04.91 | 05.04.92 | £30 |
06.04.92 | 11.04.93 | £40 |
12.04.93 | 08.04.01 | £50 |
09.04.01 | 07.04.02 | £72 |
08.04.02 | 06.04.03 | £75 |
07.04.03 | 11.04.04 | £77 |
12.04.04 | 10.04.05 | £79 |
11.04.05 | 09.04.06 | £82 |
10.04.06 | 08.04.07 | £84 |
09.04.07 | 30.09.07 | £87 |
01.10.07 | 11.04.10 | £95 |
12.04.10 | 19.05.14 | £100 |
20.05.14 | 05.04.15 | £102 |
06.04.15 | 09.04.17 | £110 |
10.04.17 | 08.04.18 | £116 |
09.04.18 | 07.04.19 | £120 |
08.04.19 | 05.04.20 | £123 |
06.04.20 | 11.04.21 | £128 |
12.04.21 | 10.04.22 | £128 |
11.04.22 | 09.04.23 | £132 |
10.04.23 | 07.04.24 | £139 |
08.04.24 | 06.04.25 | £151 |