Carer's Allowance

(asked on 29th November 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
(Labour - Sheffield Central)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise the earnings limit for eligibility for the carer's allowance.

Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
This question was answered on 2nd December 2016

An increase to the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit from April 2017 was announced by my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery in Written Statement HCWS287 on 28.11.16.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-11-28/HCWS287/

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