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Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.
The Care Act 2014, which received royal assent on 14 May 2014, and came into effect on 1 April 2015, [29] strengthens the rights and recognition of carers in the social care system; including, for the first time, giving carers a clear right to receive services, even if the person they care for does not receive local authority funding. [30]
In 2009–2010 the DWP stated £1.95 billion job-seekers allowance, £2 billion income support and employment and support allowance, £2.4 billion in council tax, £2.8 billion in pension credit and £3.1 billion for housing benefit; in total £12.25 billion had not been claimed. [43]
The Carers Trust welcomed the review but called for a commitment to write off debts and for a wider review and reform of the “archaic and unfair” Carer’s Allowance system overall.
The department recovered £47.3 million in Carer’s Allowance debt in 2023/24, up from £19.6 million in 2018/19, and wrote off £9.1 million in debt compared to £2.7 million in 2018/19.
In 1981, Judith Oliver, a carer for her husband, founded the Association of Carers, aided by a grant of £9,879 from the Equal Opportunities Commission. The group campaigned for Invalid Care Allowance to be extended to married women. Following a test case brought to the European Court on behalf of Jackie Drake, in June 1986 the government was ...
Outstanding debt from Carer's Allowance overpayments rose to more than £250m last year, according to the government's spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the figure had ...
That represented nearly 10 per cent of the population and of those, 21 per cent (1.09 million) provided care for 50 or more hours per week. The Act requires assessments to be offered to carers, to consider the needs of carers in relation to leisure, education, training and work.