Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 141782 on Carers, how many carer’s received Carer’s Allowance in (a) Derby, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England; and what estimate she has made of the savings accrued to the public purse as a result of care provided by people receiving carer’s allowance instead of by public bodies in 2016-17.

The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance for users is available at: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Data on the savings accrued to the public purse as a result of care provided by people receiving Carer’s Allowance instead of by public bodies in 2016-17 is not held.

Carer’s Allowance expenditure is available as part of the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2018 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018