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Carers Allowance

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 31243

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the age people can receive full Carers allowance above retirement age.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to question UIN 6904.

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