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Personal Independence Payment: Blue Badge Scheme and Carer's Allowance

Asked by Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 63503

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of uncoupling Carer’s Allowance and Blue Badges from PIP.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

It is a long-established principle that in order for an unpaid carer to receive Carer’s Allowance the person they are caring for should be receiving a “trigger” disability benefit. This link acts as a proxy for establishing that care needs exist. We have no plans to break this link. Support for unpaid carers is, of course, a devolved matter to the Scottish Parliament.

Access to Blue Badges is a matter for the Department for Transport and the Devolved Administrations.

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