Carers: Cost of Living

(asked on 22nd March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that unpaid carers are financially supported in the context of the increased cost of living; and what assessment she made of the potential merits of removing the earnings cap for eligibility of carer's allowance.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 28th March 2022

On the first question, I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2022 to Question Number 142004.

On the second question, I refer the Hon member to the answer I gave on 10 February 2022 to question number 120937.

Reticulating Splines