Carers: Finance
Commons · Question 99555 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local carer services are able to provide Income Maximisation services and crisis support to unpaid carers.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 Dec 2025
Overall Government responsibility for support for unpaid carers in England sits with the Department for Health and Social Care. DWP can provide financial support to qualifying unpaid carers through Carer’s Allowance, the Carer Element in Universal Credit ...