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The care awards outlined in July also prejudice the bereaved; 25% will be deducted from all the estates of the deceased, on the argument that families were not professionals and this would have been taxed. I asked the noble Earl, Lord Howe, about deductions for support during the passage of the Victims and Prisoners Act. I recognise that it is a complex matter, but it seems that, once again, the Government are giving with one hand and taking away with another, because there is no agreement to credit these unpaid carers the national insurance that they had while they were carers. Yet recognised unpaid carers are usually credited with national insurance credits for the period when they were unpaid carers. One affected victim asked: