Proceeding contribution from Joan Humble (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 February 2009. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Social Security.
Social Security
Can the Minister say a word about the carer's allowance? Most people who receive it are of working age, and a recent report by the Select Committee on Work and Pensions recommended that the Government should look to synchronise the increase in the carer's allowance with the increase in the minimum wage. It did so because too many carers who are working receive an increase in the minimum wage in the autumn that then disqualifies them from the carer's allowance, and they have to wait until the April uprating before they can be eligible again. Will she examine that particular issue?
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- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 487 c1549;487 c1547
- Session
- 2008-09
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Council tax benefits Carers' benefits Housing benefit Jobseeker's allowance Income support Increases Guaranteed minimum pensions Inflation Pension credit Workplace pensions Pensions Social security benefits State retirement pensions Uprating Winter fuel payment Employment and support allowance
- Legislation
- Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009
- Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009
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