Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 99555

Carers: Finance

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local carer services are able to provide Income Maximisation services and crisis support to unpaid carers.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Overall Government responsibility for support for unpaid carers in England sits with the Department for Health and Social Care. DWP can provide financial support to qualifying unpaid carers through Carer’s Allowance, the Carer Element in Universal Credit ...

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