| Heading: |
National Insurance Credits: Carers |
| Question ID: |
1792584 |
| UIN: |
44209 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1548 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jessica Morden
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| Asking Member handle: |
jessicamordenmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jessicamordenmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for but not claiming Carer's Credit. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
The Carer’s Credit allows people who provide care for a person on specified disability benefits for at least 20 hours per week to protect their National Insurance records for the purposes of their State Pension. The Department is unable to estimate the nu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |