Committees

Carer’s Allowance

Non-inquiry session

The Committee heard in its Benefit Levels in the UK inquiry that Carer’s Allowance (CA) is an “antiquated system” in need of modernisation. Witnesses to that inquiry raised several challenges in evidence, relating to the payment rate of CA, eligibility criteria, the ability to work, accessibility, interaction with other benefits and overpayments.

Our predecessor Committee considered Carer’s Allowance in its May 2018 Report, Employment support for carers, and its July 2019 Report, Overpayments of Carer’s Allowance.

Given that DWP is considering making changes to Carer’s Allowance, this session is an opportunity for us to explore claimant’s experience of Carer’s Allowance and how CA should be modernised.

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Past events

Wednesday 24 April 2024
9:25am Public
Carer’s Allowance - Oral evidence 24 April 2024
9:25am
  • Andy McGowan (Policy and Practice Manager at Carers Trust)
  • Becca Lacey (Reader in Social and Lifecourse Epidemiology at St George’s University of London)
  • Alek-Zander Chullan-Hoyte
10:25am
  • Mims Davies MP (Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Andrew Latto (Deputy Director - Devolution, Pensioner Benefits and Carer’s Allowance at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Vikki Knight (Director, Fraud, Error & Debt Strategy at Department for Work and Pensions)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 6 March 2024
9:25am Public
Carer’s Allowance - Oral evidence 6 March 2024
9:25am
  • Gary Vaux (Head of Money Advice Unit at Hertfordshire County Council)
  • Terry Kirton
10:25am
  • Tamara Sandoul (Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK)
  • Fiona Collie (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scotland & Northern Ireland at Carers Scotland)
  • Professor Sue Yeandle (Principal Investigator, ESRC Centre for Care and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Care & Caring at University of Sheffield)
  • Cristina Odone (Head of Family at Centre for Social Justice)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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