Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 42981

Carer's Allowance: Personal Independence Payment

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Yuan Yang

LabourEarley and Woodley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the uptake of Carer’s Allowance as a result of proposed tightening of PIP eligibility criteria on (a) rates of poverty among

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No assessment has yet been conducted. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: ...

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