Pension Credit: Carers
Commons · Question 30601 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unpaid carers over the State Pension age that have an entitlement to but are not claiming (a) a Carer Addition and (b) Pension Credit.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 18 Feb 2025
Estimated numbers of unpaid carers are provided by survey data such as the Family Resources survey. The sample size for unpaid carers over State Pension Age is too small to estimate the number that have an entitlement but are not claiming Carer’s Addition...