Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to unpaid carers throughout the cost of living crisis.

The Government has carried out an assessment of the distributional impact of the rising cost of living across household groups including, while not limited to, unpaid carers.

The Government understands that people are worried about the cost-of-living challenges ahead and has announced further support for the next financial year designed to target the most vulnerable households. This cost of living support is worth £26 billion in 2023/24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

This support for 2023/24, is on top of the £37 billion of support for the cost of living already in place to support households in 2022/23, in addition to the Energy Price Guarantee.