Personal Independence Payment: Carer's Allowance
Commons · Question 47562 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 1 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments are also in receipt of Carer's Allowance.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 1 May 2025
According to the latest figures from August 2024, in England and Wales there were 3,512,676 people claiming Personal Independence Payment. Of these, 190,186, or 5.4%, also claimed Carer’s Allowance.These figures include people who receive Carer’s Allowanc...