Q. Carer's Allowance

Carer's Allowance

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Questioner

Ed Davey
(Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of carer’s allowance in each region of the UK by (a) ethnicity and (b) gender in (i) 2020 and (ii) each of the last five years.

Answered by

Justin Tomlinson

This question was answered on 15th June 2020

The requested information is not available for (a) ethnicity as it is not routinely recorded for claimants of Carer's Allowance.

The number of people receiving Carer’s Allowance in each region of Great Britain broken down by (b) gender is shown in the below table. The latest data available is as at November 2019. To be aware Carer’s Allowance was devolved to Scotland in September 2018.

	Nov-15		Nov-16		Nov-17		Nov-18		Nov-19
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
England	178,511	474,335	186,277	496,156	189,470	515,027	192,480	534,645	199,334	551,491
Wales	14,775	33,423	15,155	34,864	15,633	36,267	15,954	37,686	16,499	38,730
Scotland	21,162	45,901	22,185	48,397	22,833	50,108	23,372	52,068	24,320	53,522
North East	14,209	31,514	15,029	33,366	15,589	34,837	15,856	36,423	16,661	37,823
North West	33,124	74,985	34,199	78,050	34,748	81,061	35,149	83,757	36,110	86,049
Yorkshire &the Humber	21,705	52,406	23,050	55,814	23,618	58,225	24,013	60,847	24,899	62,999
East Midlands	15,848	41,792	16,608	43,620	16,879	45,405	17,348	47,463	18,076	49,241
West Midlands	22,303	58,837	22,979	61,118	23,112	63,390	23,534	65,827	24,734	68,087
East of England	15,115	46,078	15,829	48,099	15,956	49,865	16,182	51,771	16,660	53,321
London	22,280	68,810	23,513	71,840	23,821	73,930	24,256	76,011	25,102	78,139
South East	19,632	60,513	20,260	63,165	20,675	65,764	20,784	68,238	21,409	70,382
South West	14,302	39,401	14,809	41,090	15,071	42,549	15,356	44,310	15,678	45,459
TOTAL	214,449	553,665	223,614	579,418	227,935	601,403	231,809	624,399	240,148	643,743

The information requested on the number of individuals in receipt of Carer’s Allowance is published and available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance for users is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Carer's Allowance

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