Carer's Allowance: Ashfield

(asked on 25th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in Ashfield constituency receive carer's allowance; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in Ashfield constituency who undertake caring responsibilities without receiving that allowance.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 28th February 2019

The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance by parliamentary constituency 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

The Department does not hold data on the number of individuals who undertake caring responsibilities by parliamentary constituency. The Family Resources Survey (FRS) provides the department with the number of informal carers by gender, income and age but does not include any geographical breakdown below the regional level. The latest FRS tables can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201617

Since April 2010, carers who are not entitled to Carer's Allowance, may be able to apply for carer's credits if they are caring for one or more disabled people for at least 20 hours a week. Carer’s Credits are Class 3 credits which can help towards the conditions of entitlement to the new State Pension and Widowed Parent’s Allowance.

In addition to Carer’s Allowance, carers on low incomes can claim income-related benefits, such as Universal Credit and Pension Credit. These benefits can be paid to carers at a higher rate than those without caring responsibilities through the carer premium or the equivalent additional amount for carers respectively.

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