Carer's Allowance: State Retirement Pensions
Commons · Question 40083 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling carers receiving Carer's allowance who defer drawing state pension to receive the same uplift as those who do not.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 25 Mar 2025
Where a person has deferred claiming their State Pension, they cannot accumulate increments that will increase their State Pension amount if they have received certain social security benefits including Carer’s Allowance. The underlying principle is to pr...