Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people who were previously in receipt of Carer's Allowance and work 16 hours per week but lost that entitlement as a result of the increase in the National Minimum Wage from 1 October 2014.

The number of people who are entitled to receive Carer’s Allowance (CA), including those who receive no actual payment, for 2013/14 is published and available at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html

The figure for 2013/14 is 1,071,220. Information for 2014/15 is not yet available.

Source:

DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)

Notes:

1. The figure is rounded to the nearest 10 and is an average of the four quarters, May 2013 to February 2014 and this is the latest available information.

The information requested, for the number of Carer's Allowance recipients also receiving Working Tax Credit and also those who may have lost entitlement to Carer’s Allowance due to the increase in the National Minimum Wage, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.