Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a carer verification system to help identify paid and unpaid carers so that they have greater access to discount schemes.

The Department has assessed the merits of a carer verification system for the paid workforce and further detail of this will be set out in the upcoming social care white paper.

We will ensure that unpaid carers have the support, advice and respite they need the Care Act 2014. We are working with stakeholders, including unpaid carers, to develop our plans and we will publish further detail in the white paper.