Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 115037

State Retirement Pensions: Carer's Allowance

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of raising the state pension recipient maximum threshold on people who receive carer's allowance.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 23 June 2025 to Question UIN 59626. Carer’s Allowance is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.