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State Retirement Pensions: Carer's Allowance

Asked by Euan StainbankLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 March 2026UIN 115037

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of raising the state pension recipient maximum threshold on people who receive carer's allowance.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2025 to Question UIN 59626. Carer’s Allowance is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

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