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Carers' Benefits

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30602

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unpaid carers that were entitled to the (a) Carer Premium and (b) Carer Addition in each year since 2000; and what proportion of those recipients were women

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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