Carer's Allowance: Personal Independence Payment
(asked on 15th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants receiving the higher Daily Living rate of Personal Independence Payment are in receipt of Carers Allowance.
Answered by
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 1st September 2026
In November 2025 (the latest available data), in areas under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and abroad), 88,000 people receiving the higher Daily Living rate of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) were in receipt of Carers Allowance.