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Carer’s Allowance: Greater Manchester

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

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Andrew Gwynne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport. (279758)

Jonathan Shaw

The information is in the following table.

Carer's allowance—cases in payment caseloads by local authority of claimant: November 2008

Local authority

Number

Stockport

2,190

Tameside

2,030

Notes:

1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Caseload totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance and exclude people with entitlement but who do not actually receive carer's allowance, for example, because of the overlapping benefits rule.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study