Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 30602
Carers' Benefits
Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unpaid carers that were entitled to the (a) Carer Premium and (b) Carer Addition in each year since 2000; and what proportion of those recipients were women
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.