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Carer's Allowance

Volume 504: debated on Tuesday 26 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency receive carer’s allowance; and how many of these are in paid employment. (312078)

The available information is in the tables.

Carer’s allowance cases in payment as at May 2009

Number

England

428,350

Essex

9,350

Braintree parliamentary constituency

710

Notes:

1. Case load totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance and exclude people with underlying entitlement to carer’s allowance but where carer’s allowance is not in payment.

2. Case load figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied.

3. England total has been derived by summing individual Government office regional totals.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Carer's allowance cases in payment where the recipient is also in employment as at May 2009

Number

England

42,170

Essex

1,080

Braintree parliamentary constituency

90

Notes:

1. Case load totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance and exclude people with underlying entitlement to carer’s allowance but where carer’s allowance is not in payment.

2. Case load figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied.

3. England total has been derived by summing individual Government office regional totals.

Source:

Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.