Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 5 November 2024Answered: 11 November 2024
Asked by
Torsten Bell
Labour — Swansea West
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
Sir Stephen Timms
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The threshold will increase on 7 April next year, and all current claimants will receive an annual uprating letter in the spring that will set out the new limit. As I mentioned a moment ago, 60,000 new unpaid carers will also become eligible for the allowance at that point.