Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Carer's Allowance

Commons · Question 115037 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

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.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 5 Mar 2026

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.