Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support his Department makes available to children under the age of 16 that are carers.

Children and young people should be protected from inappropriate and excessive caring responsibilities, and we have changed the law to improve how young carers and their families are identified, assessed and supported. Government set out further details on our plans to support young carers in the Carers Action Plan earlier this year.