Carer's Allowance

(asked on 18th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to identify eligible carers who do not claim carer's allowance.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 25th February 2019

Information on Carer’s Allowance (CA) is widely available, including online through Gov.uk and to those who visit Jobcentres. Organisations supporting carers, and other stakeholders and partners, also make information available on carers benefits, including CA.

Carers can also now claim CA online. Since this option was made available in October 2013 over a million people have claimed this way. Over 80% of customers claim CA online every week and over 90% of those have said they are happy with the online service.

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