Carers: Cost of Living

(asked on 11th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support unpaid carers with the rising cost of living.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 15th July 2022

The Government provides financial support to unpaid carers through Carer’s Allowance, the carer element of Universal Credit and other benefits. Carers in low-income households will benefit from the means-tested Cost of Living Payment. Those living in the same household as the disabled person for whom they care will benefit from the disability Cost of Living Payment, while families with a pensioner in the household will benefit from the Pensioner Cost of Living Payment.

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