PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance Debate
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PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance
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Sir Stephen Timms
My hon. Friend is right to highlight the needs of young carers. I have spoken to young people who started caring in their primary school years. It takes a while for them to be recognised as carers. We need to speed things up.
John Slinger (Rugby) (Lab)
I have spoken to Jobcentre Plus in Rugby about its excellent work to support people into work, including young people with special educational needs whom I have met. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the package of employment support announced last week—something that charities in my constituency have long been calling for—is one of the biggest ever amounts of money to give disabled people and those with long-term conditions the help they need to find work?
Sir Stephen Timms
Absolutely, it is. The people that my hon. Friend described will be the beneficiaries of the big commitment that we have made.