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Written question asked by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 October 2019. It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Carers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of carers who care for more than one person.

Answer

From data published in March 2019, covering the period 17/18, there were around 360,000 informal carers that care for more than one individual.

The information is published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-201718

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789338/frs-carers-data-tables-2017-18.xlsx

(Table 5_1 and table 5_7)


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4345
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Carers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk