Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers are living in poverty in England.

Statistics are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication. The latest detailed statistics containing this breakdown can be found here: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

On average from 2007/08 to 2009/10 there were 200,000 (rounded to the nearest 100,000) or 15.9% of households with a family in receipt of carer’s allowance living in absolute poverty before housing costs in England. On average from 2017/18 to 2019/20 there were 200,000 (rounded to the nearest 100,000) or 13.8% of households with a family in receipt of carer’s allowance living in absolute poverty before housing costs in England.